-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Jason Gunthorpe, in an immanent manifestation of deity, wrote: >The short synopsis is that 'perl' is too important to remove, so it will >not do so without an *explicit* request. Installing perl-5.005 is not such >a request because it does not directly conflict with perl. Furthermore, at >least in my case installing this new perl causes the massive purgation of >many other perl-like packages, which makes it even more undesirable to >install..
Yes, it does cause large numbers of other packages to be removed. We're hoping to get those packages rebuilt soon. >This is a bit interesting, I don't think it should fail like this, I'll >look into it a bit more. Just so you know the full situation: 1) perl-5.005 depends on perl-5.005-base 2) perl-5.005-base (and all perl-5.\d+-base) provide perl5-base 3) perl-base depends on perl5-base These last are a really clever trick on Raphael's part. It means that we can have multiple perl-5.\d+-base packages and only have one essential package... Could this situation be something that apt-get isn't dealing with well? Darren - -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.daft.com/~torin> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Darren Stalder/2608 Second Ave, @282/Seattle, WA 98121-1212/USA/+1-800-921-4996 @ Sysadmin, webweaver, postmaster for hire. C/Perl/CGI/Pilot programmer/tutor @ @ Make a little hot-tub in your soul. @ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.1, an Emacs/PGP interface iQCVAwUBN3XmZY4wrq++1Ls5AQENNQP/drWXv6e9gRtkgvGk2mPdpLjntmvowd3S cSaBkwEeycKpBt3+x/AwjY1Kojj5yEKc1yzwmQXvcTASRCoYXCsPSFRlQMX1Z2JI EFtNkNrLqMioWXSQpGf5Ex9I4Wf+x2mClvRsg1s3z3WZKwiLxWwA/5Z3kLv+LKm0 fkKpmxjaQzM= =LQvY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
