On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 08:11:32PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > I've just uploaded > > Changes: > perl (5.18.1-3) unstable; urgency=low > . > * Make perl-base conflict with all versions of libscalar-list-utils-perl, > which overrides Essential functionality in a way that breaks during > upgrades. (Closes: #721364) > > so libscalar-list-utils-perl will soon be uninstallable. Cloning a bug > and raising its severity. I think package removal is in order, but I'm > happy to be proved wrong.
Just a note that I think we have a solution for this with perl 5.20 packages. The vendorarch directory (currently /usr/lib/perl5) is being renamed to include the ABI version, so separately packaged versions of modules in perl-base shouldn't break anything anymore. The only remaining issue is that perl-base_5.20.0-1 bundles Scalar-List-Utils-1.38 and therefore Breaks: libscalar-list-utils-perl (<< 1:1.38). So the version currently in sid will still be uninstallable. But that's easily solved by uploading the newest upstream version :) I suppose this bug (#721450) can be closed once the 5.20.0 packages are in sid. -- Niko Tyni nt...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org