Bug#863479: perl-base should add Breaks: debconf (<< 1.5.57~)

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 10:16:08PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 03:42:14PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 16:36:50 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>  
> > > Package: perl-base
> > > Version: 5.24.1-2
> 
> > > Technically #786705 is just a harmless warning, but when
> > > during a jessie -> stretch upgrade perl-base is upgraded
> > > before debconf is upgraded the user might see a lot scary
> > > warnings as if something was seriously broken.
> > > 
> > [...]
> > > 
> > > perl-base should add a Breaks: debconf (<< 1.5.57~).
> > 
> > Adding Breaks in a core package a couple of weeks before the release
> > sounds like a very, very, very bad idea.
> 
> Indeed it seems too late in the cycle for this.
> 
> Other possible solutions that come to mind:
> 
> - silence the warnings during maintainer scripts, much like
>    https://sources.debian.net/src/perl/5.24.1-2/debian/patches/debian/squelch-locale-warnings.diff/
>   (but it's late for even this IMO)
> 
> - update debconf in a jessie point release to minimize the impact
>   (this feels right to me, but won't help the immediate stretch upgraders)
> 
> Cc'ing Colin. What do you think about the latter option?

Agree, the third option looks correct to me, we don't have time for
anything else.

Cheers,
Dominic.