On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:47:48 +0200, Ralf Treinen wrote: (cc:ing the perl maintainers)
> Unpacking libcgi-pm-perl (from .../libcgi-pm-perl_3.38-1_all.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libcgi-pm-perl_3.38-1_all.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/perl5/CGI/Fast.pm', which is also in > package libcgi-fast-perl Thanks for catching this nasty bug! We've been discussing this issue on IRC, and here are some findings and thoughts: * libcgi-fast-perl is built from the "perl" source package [0] and contains only Fast.pm (and documentation) * the versions of Fast.pm in libcgi-fast-perl and libcgi-pm-perl are identical (1.07) Possible solutions include: * make libcgi-pm-perl conflict (and maybe provide) with libcgi-fast-perl; that would mean changing the Priority to extra (also of depending packages) * remove Fast.pm from libcgi-pm-perl and depend on libcgi-fast-perl; that's happening right at the moment a few hundred kilometers to the south east from, and maybe the newer package will already be uploaded before this mail is finished :) * in the long run it might be an idea to stop building libcgi-fast-perl from the perl source package, add Fast.pm to libcgi-pm-perl again, and create a dummy transitional package with the usual conflicts/provides/replaces dance for libcgi-fast-perl from the libcgi-pm-perl source package; Brendan and Niko, what do you think about this idea? Other comments welcome! Cheers, gregor [0] It's the only lib.*-perl binary package built from this source package -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ | gpg key ID: 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : debian gnu/linux user, admin & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' member of https://www.vibe.at/ | how to reply: http://got.to/quote/ `- NP: Chieftains: Millennium Celtic Suite
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