Is 'sharutils' still needed in Fedora?

[Lukas Javorsky <ljavorsk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

The GNU project `sharutils` raised a question in upstream mailing list if there is still a need for this package. [1]

I identified multiple packages that still depend on sharutils (some of them are crucial for Fedora), so I wanted to raise this question with you and find out if these requirements are really justified or just leftovers from some old forgotten reasons.

Here is the list of packages that require sharutils:
MagicPoint

hylafax+
Singular
annobin
automake
binutils
cross-gcc
fakeroot
frysk
gcc
gcc14
libarchive
mingw-binutils
patool
perl-Convert-UU
perl-Net-FTPServer
perl-PDL
ppl
yara

What do you think? Any ideas?

Maybe we can deprecate it instead of retiring?

Thank you.

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2025-04/msg00001.html

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S pozdravom/ Best regards

Lukáš Javorský

Senior Software Engineer, Core service - Databases

Red Hat

Purkyňova 115 (TPB-C)

612 00 Brno - Královo Pole

ljavorsk@xxxxxxxxxx

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