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Re: linking perl statically against libperl



Hi,

Niko Tyni wrote:
> > * shipping both in the perl package and using /etc/alternatives/perl
> >   to choose between the two (perl-dynamic and perl-static) for
> >   /usr/bin/perl, or
> 
> Even though update-alternatives is nowadays written in C and not
> Perl, I still wouldn't trust the alternatives system enough to handle
> Essential:yes functionality.

I agree. Essential:yes packages must work in general even if
unconfigure, hence this is no choice.

> > * by providing two conflicting packages perl-base and
> >   perl-base-static.
> 
> dpkg cries loudly (and rightly so) if you try to remove an Essential:yes
> package like perl-base.

Good point. I forgot about that, too.

		Regards, Axel
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