[csw-pkgsubmissions] Drop 5 packages from catalog

[Peter FELECAN]

Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> writes:

> Hi Peter,
>
> Am 30.03.2010 um 10:34 schrieb Peter FELECAN:
>> Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> writes:
>>> Am 29.03.2010 um 18:37 schrieb Peter FELECAN:
>>>> Peter Bonivart <bonivart at opencsw.org> writes:
>>>>> These packages should be dropped from the catalog as part of the
>>>>> cleanup after the Perl 5.10.1 project.
>>>>>
>>>>> CSWpilotlink
>>>>
>>>> I would like to disagree: jpilot is depending on it.

>> It's astonishing that this package pops up in the context of the "Perl
>> 5.10.1" project. I cannot understand where's the link...
>
> From the package:
>   /opt/csw/lib/perl/csw/auto/PDA/Pilot/Pilot.so
>
> It will not work with the updated Perl due to a changed ABI of Perl.

That's a language binding which doesn't remove the main feature of it
i.e to manage a communication channel with a Palm device and other Palm
database stuff. With the new Perl packages it will not support the
corresponding binding but it's not fatal; annoying only for Perl users...
-- 
Peter