Bug#639689: can't upgrade perl APT::Immediate-Configure

[Niko Tyni]

reassign 639689 apt
merge 639290 639689
thanks

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 03:19:30PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> Package: perl
> Version: 5.12.4-4
> Severity: normal
 
> Perl cannot be upgraded without setting APT::Immediate-Configure "false";
> 
> The default is true so upgrading to new perl cannot be performed
> automatically.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:38:45PM +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote:
> Hi all,
>  I had the same issue. I was helping a friend update his friend from
> Squeeze to Sid and hit across the same issue. There were something
> like 1200+ packages which needed to be updated.

Thanks for the reports. This is tracked as #639290, where possible solutions
are being discussed. I'm reassigning and merging this bug.
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