Re: package sysutils_1.3.6.1.deb depends "perl5" ??
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 06:58:55PM +0100, Gabriele Kayser wrote:
>
> No, the problem is not solved, because this packages ar named
> "perl" an *NOT* "perl5". If I try to install package
> "sysutils_1.3.6.1.deb" I get Dependency-Problem-Message, because on
> my system is no package named "perl5" installed only named "perl"
> (Version: 5.004.04-7.0.1).
> I think there is a failure in the Dependency-Definiton of the
> package "sysutils_1.3.6.1.deb" - the dependency have to be "perl (>=
> ???)" and not "perl5" ?!
>
Hello,
I am not subscribed to this list and don't work for Debian QA. However,
I happened to read this thread.
perl_5.004.04-7 is a *slink* package (and simply named 'perl'). The
*potato* packages are perl-5.004_5.004.05-4.1 and perl-5.005_5.005.03-5.3
(note the perl version is part of the name) and both provide 'perl5'.
Potato packages that work with both 5.004 and 5.005 should depend on perl5
to make life easier for users relying on a specific perl version (there
are some incompatibilities between 5.004 and 5.005, most notably the dbm
format).
Regards,
Bjoern Brill
--
Bj"orn Brill <brill@fs.math.uni-frankfurt.de>
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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