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and subject line Re: Bug#838760: perl: Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: perl
Version: 5.22.2-5
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software
Dear Maintainer,
Hi! Thank you for all the hard work you all to so #poverty level folks have a
chance to keep up with the tech world, too! As to why I'm writing, just tried
to upgrade a select 30+ packages in Sid/Unstable. Apt-get is my chosen method
to do so. Received the message that Received the advisement that:
2 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 141 to remove
ALMOST let it happen because I was in a hurry and didn't immediately catch that
message. Only thing I know to do in this kind of situation is to set Perl and
Perl-base aside and wait for the next release so that's how I'm approaching it
today.
As a disclaimer that just came to mind, other important packages are not yet
upgraded, as well. Those include cpp-6, libreoffice, linux-image-4.7.0-1-amd64,
and linux-source-4.7. Reason is that I'm on dialup and am currently looking at
approximately 400MB of upgrades that must be done incrementally. I always
upgrade the smaller packages first. I figure that's important to know since
each personally developed Debian system understandably succeeds and fails based
on what's available within itself.
The same attempt at 141 package removals occurs for both Perl and Perl-base but
for now am only filing the bug against the primary "perl" unless you advise
otherwise.
Lastly, I didn't know if it was important for you to know which packages were
affected so they are all included directly below.
Thank you again *so much* for all you do. Happy Debian'ing!!! :)
Cindy Sue Causey
Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA
* runs with duct tape*
+ + + BEGIN COPY OF APT-GET'S PERL UPGRADE ADVISEMENT + + +
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libperl5.24 perl-modules-5.24
The following packages will be REMOVED:
apt-file apt-show-versions aspell aspell-en claws-mail claws-mail-i18n
console-setup console-setup-linux debconf-i18n debsums dictionaries-common
enchant gnome-user-guide hunspell-en-us inkscape keyboard-configuration
libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libapt-pkg-perl libb-hooks-endofscope-perl
libcairo-perl libcgi-fast-perl libcgi-pm-perl libclass-accessor-perl
libclass-xsaccessor-perl libclone-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl
libdata-alias-perl libdata-optlist-perl libemail-valid-perl libenchant1c2a
libfcgi-perl libfile-fcntllock-perl libfile-fnmatch-perl
libfile-libmagic-perl libgetopt-long-descriptive-perl libglib-perl
libgtk2-gladexml-perl libgtk2-perl libgtkspell0 libgtkspell3-3-0
libhtml-form-perl libhtml-format-perl libhtml-parser-perl libhtml-tree-perl
libimage-magick-perl libimage-magick-q16-perl libimport-into-perl
libio-pty-perl libio-socket-inet6-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl libipc-run-perl
liblist-moreutils-perl liblocale-gettext-perl liblwp-protocol-https-perl
libmailtools-perl libmath-random-isaac-xs-perl libmime-tools-perl
libmodule-implementation-perl libmodule-runtime-perl libmoo-perl
libnamespace-clean-perl libnet-dbus-perl libnet-dns-perl
libnet-smtp-ssl-perl libnet-ssleay-perl libossp-uuid-perl
libpackage-stash-perl libpackage-stash-xs-perl libpango-perl
libparams-classify-perl libparams-util-perl libparams-validate-perl
libparse-debianchangelog-perl libperlio-gzip-perl libscalar-list-utils-perl
libsoap-lite-perl libsocket6-perl libsort-key-perl libsub-exporter-perl
libsub-identify-perl libsub-name-perl libsvn-perl libtext-charwidth-perl
libtext-iconv-perl libtext-wrapi18n-perl libunicode-utf8-perl
libvariable-magic-perl libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2
libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 libwww-perl libxml-parser-perl libxml-twig-perl
libxmlrpc-lite-perl libyaml-libyaml-perl libyelp0 licensecheck lintian
miscfiles modem-manager-gui moreutils packaging-dev piuparts qemu-launcher
svn-buildpackage tasksel tasksel-data xombrero xorg xscreensaver
xscreensaver-data xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all
xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-libinput
xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all
xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-cirrus
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64
xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon
xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx
xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware
yelp
+ + + END COPY OF APT-GET'S PERL UPGRADE ADVISEMENT + + +
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.7.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages perl depends on:
ii dpkg 1.18.10
ii libperl5.22 5.22.2-5
ii perl-base 5.22.2-5
ii perl-modules-5.22 5.22.2-5
Versions of packages perl recommends:
ii netbase 5.3
ii rename 0.20-4
Versions of packages perl suggests:
pn libterm-readline-gnu-perl | libterm-readline-perl-perl <none>
ii make 4.1-9
pn perl-doc <none>
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 09:12:09AM -0400, Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
> Package: perl
> Version: 5.22.2-5
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks unrelated software
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> Hi! Thank you for all the hard work you all to so #poverty level folks have a
> chance to keep up with the tech world, too! As to why I'm writing, just tried
> to upgrade a select 30+ packages in Sid/Unstable. Apt-get is my chosen method
> to do so. Received the message that Received the advisement that:
>
> 2 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 141 to remove
>
> ALMOST let it happen because I was in a hurry and didn't immediately catch
> that message. Only thing I know to do in this kind of situation is to set
> Perl and Perl-base aside and wait for the next release so that's how I'm
> approaching it today.
Hi,
This is an expected consequence of the perl transition which started
yesterday. There is no bug in the perl package, but it will take a few
days for around 500 other packages to be rebuilt against the new version
of perl.
Best wishes,
Dominic.
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