Package: dpkg Version: 1.15.4 Severity: grave Justification: causes non-serious data loss
Hello. I had next packages installed on my system: perl-base, perl, perl-modules, perl-doc (all from current unstable, 5.10.1-7). -8<- sudo dpkg -i --force-depends --force-conflicts perl_5.10.1-8_amd64.deb perl-doc_5.10.1-8_all.deb perl-modules_5.10.1-8_all.deb perl-base_5.10.1-8_amd64.deb [sudo] password for jackyf: dpkg: considering removing perl-modules in favour of perl ... dpkg: warning: ignoring dependency problem with removal of perl-modules: perl depends on perl-modules (>= 5.10.1-7) perl-modules is to be removed. dpkg: warning: ignoring dependency problem with removal of perl-modules: pristine-tar depends on perl-modules perl-modules is to be removed. dpkg: warning: ignoring dependency problem with removal of perl-modules: libmodule-scandeps-perl depends on perl-modules (>= 5.10.0) | libmodule-build-perl (>= 0.28) perl-modules is to be removed. dpkg: warning: ignoring dependency problem with removal of perl-modules: libmodule-scandeps-perl depends on perl-modules (>= 5.9.4) perl-modules is to be removed. dpkg: warning: ignoring dependency problem with removal of perl-modules: libtree-avl-perl depends on perl-modules perl-modules is to be removed. dpkg: warning: ignoring dependency problem with removal of perl-modules: libmime-tools-perl depends on perl-modules (>= 5.10) perl-modules is to be removed. dpkg: warning: ignoring dependency problem with removal of perl-modules: po4a depends on perl-modules perl-modules is to be removed. dpkg: warning: ignoring dependency problem with removal of perl-modules: git-core depends on perl-modules perl-modules is to be removed. dpkg: warning: ignoring dependency problem with removal of perl-modules: dpkg-dev depends on perl-modules perl-modules is to be removed. dpkg: may have trouble removing perl-modules, as it provides libmodule-build-perl ... dpkg: warning: ignoring dependency problem with removal of perl-modules: libmodule-scandeps-perl depends on perl-modules (>= 5.10.0) | libmodule-build-perl (>= 0.28) perl-modules is to be removed. dpkg: yes, will remove perl-modules in favour of perl. (Reading database ... 140092 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace perl 5.10.1-7 (using perl_5.10.1-8_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl ... Preparing to replace perl-doc 5.10.1-7 (using perl-doc_5.10.1-8_all.deb) ... Leaving `diversion of /usr/bin/perldoc to /usr/bin/perldoc.stub by perl-doc' Unpacking replacement perl-doc ... Unpacking perl-modules (from perl-modules_5.10.1-8_all.deb) ... Preparing to replace perl-base 5.10.1-7 (using perl-base_5.10.1-8_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl-base ... Setting up perl-base (5.10.1-8) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up perl (5.10.1-8) ... Setting up perl-doc (5.10.1-8) ... ->8- The result: the package 'perl-modules' is not installed (e.g. removed), despite the direct query to install new version, ignoring any dependency conflicts. Here is control info for the new packages that had to be installed: -8<- $ echo perl_5.10.1-8_amd64.deb perl-doc_5.10.1-8_all.deb perl-modules_5.10.1-8_all.deb perl-base_5.10.1-8_amd64.deb | xargs -n1 dpkg-deb -I new debian package, version 2.0. size 7807518 bytes: control archive= 32934 bytes. 4668 bytes, 22 lines control 81112 bytes, 1100 lines md5sums 560 bytes, 21 lines * postinst #!/bin/sh 274 bytes, 10 lines * postrm #!/bin/sh 1105 bytes, 31 lines * preinst #!/bin/sh 110 bytes, 8 lines * prerm #!/bin/sh Package: perl Version: 5.10.1-8 Architecture: amd64 Maintainer: Niko Tyni <nt...@debian.org> Installed-Size: 33052 Depends: perl-base (= 5.10.1-8), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.4), libdb4.7, libgdbm3 (>= 1.8.3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg) Recommends: netbase, make Suggests: perl-doc, libterm-readline-gnu-perl | libterm-readline-perl-perl Conflicts: libansicolor-perl (<< 1.10-1), libarchive-tar-perl (<< 1.52), libattribute-handlers-perl (<< 0.85), libautodie-perl (<< 2.06.01), libcgi-pm-perl (<< 3.43), libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl (<< 2.020), libcompress-raw-zlib-perl (<< 2.020), libcompress-zlib-perl (<< 2.020), libcpanplus-perl (<< 0.88), libdigest-md5-perl (<< 2.39), libdigest-sha-perl (<< 5.47), libextutils-cbuilder-perl (<< 0.2602), libextutils-parsexs-perl (<< 2.2002), libfile-temp-perl (<< 0.22), libi18n-langtags-perl (<< 0.35-1), libio-compress-base-perl (<< 2.020), libio-compress-bzip2-perl (<< 2.020), libio-compress-perl (<< 2.020), libio-compress-zlib-perl (<< 2.020), libio-zlib-perl (<< 1.09), liblocale-codes-perl (<< 2.07), liblocale-maketext-perl (<< 1.13), liblocale-maketext-simple-perl (<< 0.18-1), libmath-bigint-perl (<< 1.89), libmime-base64-perl (<< 3.08), libmodule-build-perl (<< 0.340201), libmodule-corelist-perl (<< 2.18), libmodule-load-conditional-perl (<< 0.30), libmodule-load-perl (<< 0.16), libmodule-pluggable-perl (<< 3.9), libnet-perl (<= 1:1.19-3), libnet-ping-perl (<< 2.36), libparams-check-perl (<< 0.26-1), libparent-perl (<< 0.221), libparse-cpan-meta-perl (<< 1.39), libpod-escapes-perl (<< 1.04), libpod-parser-perl (<< 1.37), libpod-simple-perl (<< 3.07), libstorable-perl (<< 2.20), libsys-syslog-perl (<< 0.27), libtest-harness-perl (<< 3.17), libtest-simple-perl (<< 0.92), libthreads-perl (<< 1.72), libthreads-shared-perl (<< 1.29), libtime-hires-perl (<< 1.9719), libtime-piece-perl (<< 1.15), libversion-perl (<< 1:0.7700), perl-doc (<< 5.10.1-1), perl-modules (<< 5.10.1-8~), podlators-perl (<= 2.2.2-1) Replaces: libansicolor-perl, libarchive-tar-perl (<= 1.38-2), libattribute-handlers-perl, libautodie-perl, libcgi-pm-perl, libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl, libcompress-raw-zlib-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl, libcpanplus-perl, libdigest-md5-perl, libdigest-sha-perl, libextutils-cbuilder-perl, libextutils-parsexs-perl, libfile-temp-perl, libi18n-langtags-perl, libio-compress-base-perl, libio-compress-bzip2-perl, libio-compress-perl, libio-compress-zlib-perl, libio-zlib-perl, liblocale-codes-perl, liblocale-maketext-perl, liblocale-maketext-simple-perl, libmath-bigint-perl, libmime-base64-perl, libmodule-build-perl, libmodule-corelist-perl (<< 2.14-2), libmodule-load-conditional-perl, libmodule-load-perl, libmodule-pluggable-perl, libnet-perl, libnet-ping-perl, libparams-check-perl, libparent-perl, libparse-cpan-meta-perl, libpod-escapes-perl, libpod-parser-perl, libpod-simple-perl, libstorable-perl, libsys-syslog-perl, libtest-harness-perl, libtest-simple-perl, libthreads-perl, libth reads-shared-perl, libtime-hires-perl, libtime-piece-perl, libversion-perl, perl-base (<< 5.8.8-1), perl-doc (<< 5.8.0-1), perl-modules (<< 5.10.1-8~), podlators-perl Provides: data-dumper, libansicolor-perl, libarchive-tar-perl, libattribute-handlers-perl, libautodie-perl, libcgi-pm-perl, libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl, libcompress-raw-zlib-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl, libcpanplus-perl, libdigest-md5-perl, libdigest-sha-perl, libextutils-cbuilder-perl, libextutils-parsexs-perl, libfile-temp-perl, libi18n-langtags-perl, libio-compress-base-perl, libio-compress-bzip2-perl, libio-compress-perl, libio-compress-zlib-perl, libio-zlib-perl, liblocale-codes-perl, liblocale-maketext-perl, liblocale-maketext-simple-perl, libmath-bigint-perl, libmime-base64-perl, libmodule-build-perl, libmodule-corelist-perl, libmodule-load-conditional-perl, libmodule-load-perl, libmodule-pluggable-perl, libnet-perl, libnet-ping-perl, libparams-check-perl, libparent-perl, libparse-cpan-meta-perl, libpod-escapes-perl, libpod-parser-perl, libpod-simple-perl, libstorable-perl, libsys-syslog-perl, libtest-harness-perl, libtest-simple-perl, libthreads-perl, libthreads-share d-perl, libtime-hires-perl, libtime-piece-perl, libversion-perl, perl5, podlators-perl Section: perl Priority: standard Description: Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language An interpreted scripting language, known among some as "Unix's Swiss Army Chainsaw". . Perl is optimised for scanning arbitrary text files and system administration. It has built-in extended regular expression matching and replacement, a data-flow mechanism to improve security with setuid scripts and is extensible via modules that can interface to C libraries. new debian package, version 2.0. size 7155472 bytes: control archive= 26095 bytes. 384 bytes, 13 lines control 70224 bytes, 931 lines md5sums 155 bytes, 9 lines * postrm #!/bin/sh 294 bytes, 14 lines * preinst #!/bin/sh Package: perl-doc Source: perl Version: 5.10.1-8 Architecture: all Maintainer: Niko Tyni <nt...@debian.org> Installed-Size: 12952 Depends: perl (>= 5.10.1-1) Suggests: man-browser, groff Section: doc Priority: optional Description: Perl documentation Perl manual pages, POD documentation and the `perldoc' program. If you are writing Perl programs, you almost certainly need this. new debian package, version 2.0. size 42896 bytes: control archive= 463 bytes. 349 bytes, 12 lines control 152 bytes, 2 lines md5sums Package: perl-modules Source: perl Version: 5.10.1-8 Architecture: all Maintainer: Niko Tyni <nt...@debian.org> Installed-Size: 56 Depends: perl (>= 5.10.1-8) Section: perl Priority: standard Description: dummy transitional package This is the dummy transitional package. The contents of the 'perl-modules' package is moved to the 'perl' package. new debian package, version 2.0. size 1062336 bytes: control archive= 16576 bytes. 877 bytes, 20 lines control 47686 bytes, 591 lines md5sums 37 bytes, 1 lines shlibs Package: perl-base Source: perl Version: 5.10.1-8 Architecture: amd64 Essential: yes Maintainer: Niko Tyni <nt...@debian.org> Installed-Size: 4736 Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), dpkg (>= 1.14.20) Suggests: perl Conflicts: autoconf2.13 (<< 2.13-45), libscalar-list-utils-perl (<< 1:1.18-1), libxsloader-perl (<< 0.08-1) Replaces: libperl5.8 (<< 5.8.0-20), libscalar-list-utils-perl, libxsloader-perl, perl (<= 5.10.0-9), perl-modules (<< 5.10.1-1) Provides: libscalar-list-utils-perl, libxsloader-perl, perl5-base, perlapi-5.10.0, perlapi-5.10.1 Section: perl Priority: required Description: minimal Perl system Perl is a scripting language used in many system scripts and utilities. . This package provides a Perl interpreter and the small subset of the standard run-time library required to perform basic tasks. For a full Perl installation, install "perl" and "perl-doc". ->8- -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 7.5-6 GNU core utilities ii libc6 2.10.1-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.7.24 Advanced front-end for dpkg -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org