Re: Problem with slink-->potato upgrade/Perl
On 12 Feb 2000, Jan Vroonhof wrote:
> Package perl-5.005-base has broken dep on perl
> Considering perl 32 as a solution to perl-5.005-base 22
> Holding Back perl-5.005-base rather than change perl
> ...
> Package perl-5.005 has broken dep on perl-5.005-base
> Considering perl-5.005-base 22 as a solution to perl-5.005 57
> Holding Back perl-5.005 rather than change perl-5.005-base
> Package debconf has broken dep on perl-5.005
> Considering perl-5.005 57 as a solution to debconf 17
> Holding Back debconf rather than change perl-5.005
> ...
>
> However I don't really understand why apt thinks perl-5.005-base needs
> perl..
samosa{jgg}~#apt-cache show perl-5.005-base
[..]
Conflicts: perl-base (<<5.004.05), perl
It needs to get rid of perl and doesn't want to because 'perl' is
considered more important. The perl people haev made quite an elebalorate
web of dependencies, so this is not unexpected.
Jason
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