On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:19:18 +0200, Niko Tyni wrote: > > Preparing to unpack .../perl-modules_5.20.1-5_all.deb ... > > Unpacking perl-modules (5.20.1-5) over (5.14.2-21+deb7u2) ... > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl-modules: > > perl-modules depends on perl (>= 5.20.1-1); however: > > Package perl is not configured yet. > I doubt this is actually caused by the perl Breaks/Pre-Depends changes. We > have earlier more or less unreproducible reports of this, at least #766260 > and possibly #767734. It's probably just sensitive to the upgrade ordering > so the recent perl changes triggered it again. I was also thinking "so, yeah, why doesn't something configure perl?" > If it's actually reproducible this time (I haven't tried yet), I could reproduce it (by installing libnet-dropbox-api-perl in a minimal cowbuilder wheezy chroot and then dist-upgrading to jessie). > Frankly I'm not sure how much we can do about it. Even if it is or will > be fixed in the jessie apt, we have no way to make sure apt gets upgraded > first. We can try to put that in the release notes but that's about it. > (Do we have wheezy->jessie upgrade tests that upgrade apt first?) Quick test: - libnet-dropbox-api-perl in the wheezy chroot - update, install dpkg+apt, dist-upgrade Works. Order of the perl.* packages: Preparing to unpack .../perl_5.20.1-5_amd64.deb ... Unpacking perl (5.20.1-5) over (5.14.2-21+deb7u2) ... … Preparing to unpack .../perl-base_5.20.1-5_amd64.deb ... Unpacking perl-base (5.20.1-5) over (5.14.2-21+deb7u2) ... Setting up perl-base (5.20.1-5) ... Preparing to unpack .../perl-modules_5.20.1-5_all.deb ... Unpacking perl-modules (5.20.1-5) over (5.14.2-21+deb7u2) ... … Setting up perl-modules (5.20.1-5) ... Setting up perl (5.20.1-5) ... > So I guess we could still downgrade the perl-modules -> perl dependency to > a recommendation and possibly change those two dozen packages to depend > on perl instead. I'm not thrilled about introducing a possibility for > systems that have perl-modules installed without perl, but I suppose we > could live with it if there's no other way out. No exciting prospects but yes, possible. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ - OpenPGP key 0xBB3A68018649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, and developer - https://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Die Schmetterlinge: Klein, aber geheim
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