Add Perl5 to common_ALL_BUILD_BACKEND_git_pkgs or _KPP_alpine_pkgs about kerl HOT 6 CLOSED

Sorry about the confusion. I started a new Alpine and installed kerl. The package warnings prompted me to install several missing packages. One of these, automake, installs perl. So perl is installed in Alpine. My mistake.

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I see Erlang state it depends on Perl 5 during compilation (https://www.erlang.org/doc/installation_guide/install), but I've never actually seen it fail for lack of.

What OS is it you're using?

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Alpine linux. It starts with few default packages. Just enough to get you started.

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The goal of the "package probe system" is to not have to know, beforehand, what is required and what is not (from the consumer - kerl does "need" to know"). We're open to pull requests 😄.
If you add it to all common packages, it's very possible it'll not complain in most cases but the one you mention, Alpine, which is good and expected.
On the other hand, to add it there, it'd be better to first verify if the package name is the same in all distros (maybe you already have?).

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I have not verified Perl package name in ''all'' distros. (How many are there?)
I will try to make pull request for Alpine.

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How many are there?

In the wild, many hundreds; but kerl "knows" only a bunch (like 5 or 6).

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