SPECS: vim.spec - with python, ruby and tcl by default - rel 3 for...

[Elan Ruusamäe]

On Monday 18 June 2007, Radoslaw Zielinski wrote:
> Elan Ruusamäe <glen at pld-linux.org> [18-06-2007 08:45]:
> [...]
>
> > vim needs just perl-libs (at least on AC) --
> > $ rpm -q --qf '%-12{NAME}: %{SIZE}\n' perl-libs
> > perl-libs   : 1146552
>
> What's that?  Why has it been separated?
to make vim deps smaller :) (think: vservers where you like to use vim)

> 1. Is there a considerable amount of applications it's enough for?
> 2. Is there a single one?
>
> > vim works with just perl-libs, but do the perl functions actually work --
> > no idea never used language bindings.
>
> It should *work* (like, execute something basic), but I doubt it's
> usable; a single "use strict" requires perl-base.

exactly, it was done just to cut down perl-base dep :)
if you need perl bindings, install (additionally) perl-base + other modules 
you need

-- 
glen