action #156775
Updated by okurz 2 months ago
## Motivation
https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/factory@lists.opensuse.org/thread/YNXIWWHY7E2ZDMLKL44K7RR4Y2LCDV45/
`%patchN` is deprecated and should be replaced with `%patch -PN`.
In cpanspec we are using `%autosetup` if possible, but otherwise we still use `%patchN`.
## Acceptance criteria
* **AC1:** Perl packages in Factory (especially openQA ones) continue to build after the RPM change
## Acceptance tests
* **AT1-1:** Given RPM 4.20 is available all packages in devel:languages:perl still build without an error related to (at least) `%patchN`
## Suggestions
* Check all packages in devel:languages:perl to ensure that they don't use `%patchN`
* Look into
https://github.com/openSUSE/cpanspec/blob/master/cpanspec#L1356-L1358
and adapt/extend to use explicit `%patch -PN` instead
* Ensure all packages devel:languages:perl use that, e.g. with individual batch creation of submit requests. Possibly most are done already or don't rely on `%patch`
* Ensure that all submit requests are accepted and also forwarded into openSUSE:Factory accordingly
* Crosscheck with scripting that no packages are left in d:l:p (and possibly openSUSE:Factory) using `%patchN`
## Out of scope
* Ignore devel:languages:perl:CPAN-[A-Z] as they would be only updated on new releases on CPAN but we don't care because those are not accepted (yet) into devel:languages:perl
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