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authorEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2019-05-05 01:37:00 +0000
committerEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2019-05-08 22:56:27 +0000
commitd06475cc90b2d1f43ef8454d56ddb19e6293a385 (patch)
tree49874cc54605a2115861ecadec6fc1e8ca04e906
parentfe86054ee1e2d93b19762a34ed1aaebe43635ff0 (diff)
downloadpublic-inbox-d06475cc90b2d1f43ef8454d56ddb19e6293a385.tar.gz
Fortunately, there is a pattern to most of these package names
in all distros I've tested (and hopefully other BSDs have them,
too).

Then, reorder the INSTALL document to mention the top-level
modules, first, so users can avoid needing to type extra
dependencies.  However, we still list some implicit dependencies
in case the upstream package drops dependencies independently of
us.

Finally, Devel::Peek is not a dependency worth making optional
since it's bundled by Perl upstream.  Fedora/RH-based distros
are the only one which turn it into a non-standard package when
Perl5 is installed.
-rw-r--r--INSTALL197
-rw-r--r--Makefile.PL8
2 files changed, 128 insertions, 77 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index fafaf577..99836c13 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ public-inbox is developed on Debian GNU/Linux systems and will
 never depend on packages outside of the "main" component of
 the "stable" distribution, currently Debian 9.x ("stretch")
 
-Most packages are available in other GNU/Linux distributions;
-and FreeBSD support can happen.
+Most packages are available in other GNU/Linux distributions
+and FreeBSD.
 
 TODO: this still needs to be documented better,
 also see the scripts/ and sa_config/ directories in the source tree
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ functionality.  The core tools are, of course:
 
 * Git (1.8.0+, 2.6+ for writing v2 repositories)
 * Perl 5.10.1+
-* SQLite (needed for Xapian use)
+* DBD::SQLite (needed for NNTP, message threading, and v2 repositories)
 
 To accept incoming mail into a public inbox, you'll likely want:
 
@@ -32,88 +32,131 @@ To accept incoming mail into a public inbox, you'll likely want:
 
 Beyond that, there is a long list of Perl modules required, starting with:
 
-* Date::Parse                   deb: libtimedate-perl
-                                rpm: perl-Time-ParseDate
+* Date::Parse                      deb: libtimedate-perl
+                                   pkg: p5-TimeDate
+                                   rpm: perl-TimeDate
 
-* Email::MIME                   deb: libemail-mime-perl
-                                rpm: perl-Email-MIME
+* Devel::Peek                      deb: libperl5.$MINOR (e.g. libperl5.24)
+                                   pkg: perl5
+                                   rpm: perl-Devel-Peek
+                                   (typically installed alongside Perl5)
 
-* Email::MIME::ContentType      deb: libemail-mime-contenttype-perl
-                                rpm: perl-Email-MIME-ContentType
+* Email::MIME                      deb: libemail-mime-perl
+                                   pkg: p5-Email-MIME
+                                   rpm: perl-Email-MIME
 
-* Encode::MIME::Header          deb: libencode-perl
-                                rpm: perl-Encode
+* Encode::MIME::Header             deb: libencode-perl
+                                   pkg: perl5
+                                   rpm: perl-Encode
 
-* Plack                         deb: libplack-perl
-                                rpm: perl-Plack, perl-Plack-Test,
-                                (for HTML/Atom generation)
+* Plack                            deb: libplack-perl
+                                   pkg: p5-Plack
+                                   rpm: perl-Plack, perl-Plack-Test,
+                                   (for HTML/Atom generation)
 
-* URI::Escape                   deb: liburi-perl
-                                rpm: perl-URI
-                                (for HTML/Atom generation)
+* URI::Escape                      deb: liburi-perl
+                                   pkg: p5-URI
+                                   rpm: perl-URI
+                                   (for HTML/Atom generation)
 
-Where "deb" indicates package names for Debian-derived distributions and
+Where "deb" indicates package names for Debian-derived distributions,
+"pkg" is for the FreeBSD package (maybe other common BSDs, too), and
 "rpm" is for RPM-based distributions (only known to work on Fedora).
 
 Numerous optional modules are likely to be useful as well:
 
-  - Search::Xapian             deb: libsearch-xapian-perl
-                               rpm: perl-Search-Xapian
-                               (for NNTP service or gzipped mbox over HTTP)
-
-  - IO::Compress::Gzip         deb: perl-modules (or libio-compress-perl)
-                               rpm: perl-PerlIO-gzip
-                               (for gzipped mbox over HTTP)
-
-  - DBI                        deb: libdbi-perl
-                               rpm: perl-DBI
-                               (for gzipped mbox over HTTP)
-
-  - DBD::SQLite                deb: libdbd-sqlite3-perl
-                               rpm: perl-DBD-SQLite
-                               (for NNTP service or gzipped mbox over HTTP)
-
-  - Net::Server                deb: libnet-server-perl
-                               rpm: perl-Net-Server
-                               (for HTTP/NNTP servers as standalone daemons,
-                                not needed as systemd services)
-
-  - Filesys::Notify::Simple    deb: libfilesys-notify-simple-perl
-                               rpm: perl-Filesys-Notify-Simple
-                               (for public-inbox-watch)
-
-  - Inline::C[7]               deb: libinline-c-perl
-                               (speeds up spawning of git(1) on Linux
-                                (see public-inbox-daemon(8))
-
-  - Plack::Middleware::ReverseProxy
-
-                               deb: libplack-middleware-reverseproxy-perl
-                               rpm: perl-Plack-Middleware-ReverseProxy
-                               (ensures redirects are correct when running
-                                behind nginx or Varnish)
-
-  - Plack::Middleware::Deflater
-
-                               deb: libplack-middleware-deflater-perl
-                               rpm: perl-Plack-Middleware-Deflater
-                               (saves bandwidth on responses)
-
-  - Socket6                    deb: libsocket6-perl
-                               rpm: perl-Socket6
-                               (pulled in by SpamAssassin and Net::Server,
-                                only necessary if using IPv6 with
-                                Plack::Middleware::AccessLog or similar
-                                on Perl <= 5.12)
-
-  - Crypt::CBC                 deb: libcrypt-cbc-perl
-                               (for the rarely-used PublicInbox::Unsubscribe)
-
-On Fedora systems, you'll probably also end up wanting
-perl-Test-HTTP-Server-Simple, perl-Devel-Peek, and perl-IPC-Run to run the
-test suite.  On Debian systems, libxml-feed-perl and libipc-run-perl
-will aid in running the test suite (XML::Feed and IPC::Run respectively,
-on CPAN).
+- DBD::SQLite                      deb: libdbd-sqlite3-perl
+                                   pkg: p5-DBD-SQLite
+                                   rpm: perl-DBD-SQLite
+                                   (for v2, NNTP, or gzipped mboxes)
+
+- Search::Xapian                   deb: libsearch-xapian-perl
+                                   pkg: p5-Search-Xapian
+                                   rpm: perl-Search-Xapian
+                                   (for v2, HTTP search)
+
+- Net::Server                      deb: libnet-server-perl
+                                   pkg: pkg-Net-Server
+                                   rpm: perl-Net-Server
+                                   (for HTTP/NNTP background daemons,
+                                    not needed as systemd services or
+                                    foreground servers)
+
+- Inline::C[7]                     deb: libinline-c-perl
+                                   pkg: pkg-Inline-C
+                                   (speeds up process spawning on Linux,
+                                    see public-inbox-daemon(8))
+
+- Plack::Middleware::ReverseProxy  deb: libplack-middleware-reverseproxy-perl
+                                   pkg: p5-Plack-Middleware-ReverseProxy
+                                   rpm: perl-Plack-Middleware-ReverseProxy
+                                   (ensures redirects are correct when running
+                                    behind nginx or Varnish)
+
+- Plack::Middleware::Deflater      deb: libplack-middleware-deflater-perl
+                                   pkg: p5 -Plack-Middleware-Deflater
+                                   rpm: perl-Plack-Middleware-Deflater
+                                   (saves bandwidth on responses)
+
+* highlight                        deb: libhighlight-perl
+                                   (for syntax highlighting with coderepo)
+
+The following modules are typically pulled in by dependencies listed
+above, so there is no need to explicitly install them:
+
+- Email::MIME::ContentType         deb: libemail-mime-contenttype-perl
+                                   pkg: p5-Email-MIME-ContentType
+                                   rpm: perl-Email-MIME-ContentType
+                                   (pulled in by Email::MIME)
+
+- Email::Simple                    deb: libemail-simple-perl
+                                   pkg: p5-Email-Simple
+                                   rpm: perl-Email-Simple
+                                   (pulled in by Email::MIME)
+
+- DBI                              deb: libdbi-perl
+                                   pkg: p5-DBI
+                                   rpm: perl-DBI
+                                   (pulled in by DBD::SQLite)
+
+- Filesys::Notify::Simple          deb: libfilesys-notify-simple-perl
+                                   pkg: pkg-Filesys-Notify-Simple
+                                   rpm: perl-Filesys-Notify-Simple
+                                   (for public-inbox-watch, pulled in by Plack)
+
+- IO::Compress::Gzip               deb: perl-modules (or libio-compress-perl)
+                                   rpm: perl-PerlIO-gzip
+                                   pkg: perl5
+                                   (for gzipped mbox over HTTP)
+
+Uncommonly needed modules:
+
+- Socket6                          deb: libsocket6-perl
+                                   pkg: p5-Socket6
+                                   rpm: perl-Socket6
+                                   (pulled in by SpamAssassin and Net::Server,
+                                    only necessary if using IPv6 with
+                                    Plack::Middleware::AccessLog or similar
+                                    on Perl <= 5.12)
+
+- Crypt::CBC                       deb: libcrypt-cbc-perl
+                                   pkg: p5-Crypt-CBC
+                                   (for PublicInbox::Unsubscribe (rarely used))
+
+Optional packages testing and development:
+
+- IPC::Run                         deb: libipc-run-perl
+                                   pkg: p5-IPC-Run
+                                   rpm: perl-IPC-Run
+
+- XML::Feed                        deb: libxml-feed-perl
+                                   pkg: p5-XML-Feed
+                                   rpm: perl-XML-Feed
+
+- Test::HTTP::Server::Simple       deb: libtest-http-server-simple-perl
+                                   pkg: p5-Test-HTTP-Server-Simple
+                                   rpm: perl-Test-HTTP-Server-Simple
+                                   (XXX is this really needed?)
 
 standard MakeMaker installation (Perl)
 --------------------------------------
@@ -137,8 +180,8 @@ public-inbox will never store unregeneratable data in Xapian
 or any other search database we might use; Xapian corruption
 will not destroy critical data.
 
-See the public-inbox-overview(7) man page for the next steps once the
-installation is complete.
+See the public-inbox-overview(7) man page for the next steps once
+the installation is complete.
 
 Copyright
 ---------
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 3bb00725..b8576674 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -29,10 +29,18 @@ WriteMakefile(
                 # Keep this sorted and synced to the INSTALL document
                 'Date::Parse' => 0,
                 'Email::MIME' => 0,
+
+                # the following should be pulled in by Email::MIME:
                 'Email::MIME::ContentType' => 0,
                 'Email::Simple' => 0,
+
+                # "libencode-perl" on Debian, `perl5' on FreeBSD
                 'Encode::MIME::Header' => 0,
 
+                # libperl$PERL_VERSION on Debian, `perl5' on FreeBSD,
+                # but Fedora seems to need this separately
+                'Devel::Peek' => 0,
+
                 # TODO: these should really be made optional...
                 'Plack' => 0,
                 'URI::Escape' => 0,