Re: problems with the perl5 packages

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On 23 Sep 1999, Michael Alan Dorman wrote:

> Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:
> > not re-configure either libnet-perl, or mirror, both of which depend upon
> > perl.
> 
> This is incorrect.  Current versions of libnet-perl do not require
> perl.

But the versions in slink _do_, and it is these packages that are still,
legitimately, on my system when the perl upgrade happens. Nothing
indicated that I should upgrade those packages.

We seem to have mixed feelings about supporting "incremental upgrades".

Luck,

Dwarf
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