Re: Bug#974552: upgrade-reports: libc6/libcrypt split breaks perl during buster->bullseye upgrade
On Nov 19, Sven Joachim wrote: > I am not one of them, but AFAICS that would introduce a fatal circular > dependency between libc6 and libcrypt1: libc6 needs libcrypt1 to be > configured before it can be unpacked, but libcrypt1 depends on libc6 so > it cannot be configured before libc6 is at least unpacked. Good point, you are right. :-( Then we are up to plan B, which is a bit more complex but should still be approachable: Another option might be to have the new libc6 Conflict with old versions of Essential:yes packages that need libcrypt1, forcing those Essential:yes packages to get upgraded first. A quick check based on libcrypt1 reverse dependencies in sid shows perl-base, login and util-linux. I'm not sure if this list is exhaustive, though. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Bug#974552: upgrade-reports: libc6/libcrypt split breaks perl during buster->bullseye upgrade
On 2020-11-19 19:47 +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Nov 16, Niko Tyni wrote: > >> As to the fix, I suspect we need a pre-dependency from libc6 to libcrypt1 >> for one release cycle, so that libc6 cannot be unpacked before libcrypt1 >> is fully installed. > I think that Niko is right, so I would like to know the opinion of the > glibc maintainers. I am not one of them, but AFAICS that would introduce a fatal circular dependency between libc6 and libcrypt1: libc6 needs libcrypt1 to be configured before it can be unpacked, but libcrypt1 depends on libc6 so it cannot be configured before libc6 is at least unpacked. Cheers, Sven
Re: Bug#974552: upgrade-reports: libc6/libcrypt split breaks perl during buster->bullseye upgrade
On Nov 16, Niko Tyni wrote: > As to the fix, I suspect we need a pre-dependency from libc6 to libcrypt1 > for one release cycle, so that libc6 cannot be unpacked before libcrypt1 > is fully installed. I think that Niko is right, so I would like to know the opinion of the glibc maintainers. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: PGP signature
