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Re: Challenges around Perl 5.20



On Sunday 01 June 2014 19:10:48 gregor herrmann wrote:
> > By resolving that paranthesis into two separate statements:
> > 
> >
> > libmodules-build-perl >= x | perl >= y 
> > libmodules-build-perl >= x | perl << 5.20
> 
> Ah, right, thanks for refreshing my memory
> 
> This still leaves the questions if
> - cme can create something like this, and

yes. That does not mean it's a good idea

> - if we would want it instead of an unconditional
>   libmodules-build-perl >= x

It is much simpler to handle for us and dpkg resolver. Jonas' trick will 
probably trigger questions from perl packagers (present and futures) 

The only drawback I see: some systems may needlessly install modules when 
installing backported perl packages.

Is that a big deal ?

HTH

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