Source: liblwp-protocol-https-perl Version: 6.07-1 Severity: wishlist Currently, liblwp-protocol-https-perl Build-Depends on libwww-perl which in turn Depends on liblwp-protocol-https-perl. It would be nice if this build dependency cycle could be broken to aid the goal of a bootstrappable Debian.
As far as I can tell, if you don't run the testsuite then libwww-perl isn't required, so the package could update the Build-Depends-Indep to something like: Build-Depends-Indep: perl, libio-socket-ssl-perl <!nocheck>, libnet-http-perl <!nocheck>, libwww-perl (>= 6.05-2) <!nocheck>, libtest-requiresinternet-perl <!nocheck> which would take care of the cycle. Otherwise, another potential way might be for libwww-perl to downgrade the dependency on liblwp-protocol-https-perl to a Recommends. In my experience on other distributions, libwww-perl can still speak straight HTTP without the HTTPS protocol suport installed. I would understand if you don't want to take this route, though. -- Daniel Schepler