Bug#637809: Bug#649177: Add breaks on update-inetd when #649174 is fixed
severity 649177 important
severity 649174 important
unblock 637809 by 649177
thanks
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 02:47:17PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 02:32:52PM +0000, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> > Package: perl-base
> > Version: 5.14.2-5
> > Severity: serious
> > Justification: maintainer
>
> Thanks.
>
> > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 02:14:05PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> > > Making this truly robust will probably also involve having perl-base
> > > declare Breaks on versions of update-inetd prior to this patch being
> > > applied. I've CCed perl@packages.debian.org in case they'd like to
> > > comment on this.
> >
> > Only that I think that I ought to hold off on adding more Breaks
> > for a little while longer, otherwise I risk an explosion in the number
> > of small updates to perl. I was in two minds about whether to upload
> > 5.14.2-5 straight away or whether to wait..
>
> Yep. I suspect the impact of this is a bit less widespread than the
> doc-base one anyway.
Okay. I've tweaked the severities of both bugs related to this
issue, and unblocked the perl transition, to reflect the
not-quite-blocking-perl-transition status.
Serafeim: thanks for your response on this. Depending on how things
progress this week, we might be able to include a Breaks: before
perl transitions to testing.
Cheers,
Dominic.
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