Bug#648893: perl 5.14 conflicts with libjson-pp-perl on /usr/bin/json_pp

[Dominic Hargreaves]

reassign 648893 libjson-pp-perl
forcemerge 648880 648893
thanks

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:20:51PM +0100, Steffen Moeller wrote:
> Package: perl
> Version: 5.14.2-3
> Severity: important
> 
> I issued an "aptitude install perl" on a fairly recent unstable
> installation and got very early

> Preparing to replace perl 5.12.4-6 (using .../perl_5.14.2-3_amd64.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement perl ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/perl_5.14.2-3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/json_pp', which is also in package libjson-pp-perl 2.27200-1
> 
> I fixed the with --force-all and a subsequent removal of libjson-pp-perl. My hunch
> is though that this was an oversight in debian/control which should conflict and
> possibly provide libjson-pp-perl now.

A fix for this has been uploaded by way of a new libjson-pp-perl
package. Sorry for the breakage.

Cheers,
Dominic.

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