[R-sig-Fedora] Compress::Raw::Zlib no longer installed with Perl on Fedora 30?

[Marc Schwartz]

> On Jul 23, 2019, at 1:04 PM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz using me.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I had an issue report from a user of my WriteXLS CRAN package indicating that Compress::Raw::Zlib is apparently not installed by default with Perl on Fedora 30.
> 
> Since this appears to be a new issue, I am wondering if one of the Fedora maintainers on this list can confirm this and perhaps when the change may have occurred.
> 
> If this is correct and not a Perl installation issue or other error, I may need to add this Perl module to my CRAN package moving forward.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marc Schwartz


Hi,

A quick follow up pending confirmation.

In the course of a search this morning, I found the following page:

  https://fedora.pkgs.org/30/fedora-updates-x86_64/perl-5.28.2-436.fc30.x86_64.rpm.html

which, if I read correctly, would indicate that perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib is indeed required by the Perl RPM, so should presumably be installed by default, with Perl.

It is not clear to me if there is a Fedora 30 install/upgrade scenario where perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib would not be present, but would defer to those with the relevant knowledge.

Thanks for any insights.

Marc