Perl depenancy loop

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>]

The new perl packages in hamm have a conflict+predepends loop,

Package: perl-base
Version: 5.004.04-4
Conflicts: perl (<<5.004.04-2)  

Package: perl
Version: 5.004.04-4
Pre-Depends: perl-base (>=5.004.04-2)

There is actually no way to install these two packages without removing
perl in the case where perl is already installed and fails perl-base's
conflicts. 

Are we going to allow this? It adds significant complexity to Deity's
ordering routines.

Jason


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