Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Thu, 03 Jul 2008, Bryan Donlan wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 6:25 AM, Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Package: release-notes >>> Severity: important >>> >>> To work-around a problem that can happen in the perl 5.10 upgrade (see >>> #479711), the perl scripts contained in dpkg (update-alternatives, >>> dpkg-divert) have been modified... but for the work-around to be used, the >>> new dpkg must obviously be installed first, before the dist-upgrade. >>> >>> Given that the new dpkg also supports triggers, we should probably also >>> recommend to upgrade apt/aptitude at the same time otherwise those tools >>> might be confused by the new package status... >> Would it be better to just set pre-depends on the appropriate version >> of dpkg in perl? That ought to ensure they are upgraded in the correct >> order, even for people who don't read the release notes :) > > Hum, this might be possible indeed. We don't like frequent use of > Pre-Depends but this one might be justifiable. Ccing -devel for comments > and [EMAIL PROTECTED] as they'd have to do it. > > I'd like to also note that dpkg conflicts with the old version of > apt/aptitude, so this will also force the upgrade of apt/aptitude.
Requiring from everyone wanting to upgrade to first manually upgrade dpkg (and apt/aptitude) should be avoided if possible. If the Pre-Depends will not break anything in whatever scenario it's definitely preferred. Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]