Bug#767734: upgrade failure: perl-modules depends on perl which is not configured yet

[David Kalnischkies]

On Sun, Nov 02, 2014 at 12:51:02PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> [CC'ing apt maintainers.]

[ for every one that asks receives ]

> The circular dependency between perl and perl-modules has been around
> for ages, and it can be broken by configuring both perl and perl-modules
> in one run and letting dpkg figure out the order.  It seems as if apt
> told dpkg to only configure perl-modules which cannot work.
> 
> I think this is the same problem as in
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1347721, and it's
> fixed in apt 1.0.7 (you have apt 1.0.6, 0.9.9 introduced the bug).

Thanks for the analyse! It should be indeed this problem showing again
how nasty circular dependencies can be…

The mentioned bug can't really be worked around and it only effects some
apt versions in unstable and especially not stable, so I would close it
and be done. It is at the very least not release critical.


Best regards

David Kalnischkies
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