Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages
On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 06:36:21PM +0200, Christian Seiler wrote:
>
> Regarding the original problem: I'd recommend to anyone running
> sid to also have testing in their sources.list - so they can
> force the installation of an older package version while a
> transition is still ongoing. Also, it's IMHO a good idea to
> subscribe to debian-release for anyone running pure sid, so they
> can have an overview over currently active transitions.
>
> Regards,
> Christian
There is a large scale Perl transition going on - up to 400 packages
will be affected - a note's just been posted to the debian-devel
mailing list.
Don't file bugs - do expect some breakage - there is a published
transition plan.
Usual course of affairs for sid and to be expected from time to time:
as Cindy-Sue has already mentioned.
Leave it for a week / ten days and it will settle or update daily
and watch breakage gradually decrease.
IMHO - Including testing will just produce a Frankendebian where you can
never be sure what you have from where and which _will_ burn you
at some point.
All the best,
Andy C
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