librpc-xml-perl dependency creates conflict for Evergreen installation on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

[Chris Sharp]

see Evergreen bug 1161103 and bug 1050596 for reference on this issue.

As discovered in Evergreen bug 1161103, there is a dependency conflict between the packaged version of RPC-XML and

[Chris Sharp (chrissharp123)]

Sorry - didn't complete my report before submission.

As discovered in Evergreen bug 1161103, there is a dependency conflict between the packaged version of RPC-XML and the CPAN version.

Current precise version: http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/librpc-xml-perl (0.76)

Because Evergreen 2.3.X depends on RPC::XML::Function, which is not compatible with version 0.76, CPAN installs RPC::XML 0.74 alongside the Ubuntu packaged version. Either the Ubuntu package or the combination of the two versions causes the errors described in bug 1161103.

OpenSRF 2.1.2
Evergreen 2.3.4

[Jason Stephenson (jstephenson)]

Since 2.3.4 is the previous release of Evergreen and this was fixed in Evergreen 2.3.5, I would be inclined to set the status of this bug as invalid. I recommend anyone encountering this to install 2.3.5 instead of 2.3.4.

[Galen Charlton (gmc)]

The issues surrounding the Evergreen XML-RPC gateway aside, I see nothing in OpenSRF that requires RPC::XML. Unless I'm missing something, I agree with Jason Stephenson that references to the Perl XML-RPC packages should be removed from OpenSRF's Makefile.install and added to Evergreen's.

[Galen Charlton (gmc)]

It appears that version 0.75 of RPC::XML introduces the stricter method name validation that Evergreen now effectively requires. Consequently, it looks we have:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: use librpc-xml-perl (i.e., 0.76)
Debian Wheezy: use librpc-xml-perl (i.e., 0.76)
Debian Squeeze: install from CPAN
Fedora: use perl-RPC-XML

[Galen Charlton (gmc)]

Patches ready for review.

OpenSRF: user/gmcharlt/lp1162907_rpc_xml branch in the working/OpenSRF repository:

http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=working/OpenSRF.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/user/gmcharlt/lp1162907_rpc_xml

Evergreen: user/gmcharlt/lp1162907_rpc_xml in the working/Evergreen repository:

http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=working/Evergreen.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/user/gmcharlt/lp1162907_rpc_xml

Installing RPC::XML on Wheezy will be handled as part of bug 1014724

[Mike Rylander (mrylander)]

Merged in the fervent hope that 2.4.1 will have back-compat ... Thanks, Galen!