Bug#627753: liblwp-protocol-https-perl has circular Depends on libwww-perl

[gregor herrmann]

On Tue, 24 May 2011 10:55:03 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:

> There is a circular dependency between liblwp-protocol-https-perl and libwww-perl:
> 
> liblwp-protocol-https-perl 	:Depends: libwww-perl (>= 6.02)
> libwww-perl 	                :Depends: liblwp-protocol-https-perl
> 
> Circular dependencies involving libraries are known to cause problems
> during upgrade between stable releases, so we should try to get rid of them.

While this is generally true, I don't see the concrete problems in
this case.

Current state (squeeze):
libwww-perl: 5.836-1
liblwp-protocol-https-perl: n/a

Upgrade to wheezy:
libwww-perl 5.836-1 -> 6.x, which pulls in
liblwp-protocol-https-perl, which needs libwww-perl >= 6.02 (and
Breaks/Replaces older versions of libwww-perl), which is upgraded
anyway.

(Please also note that these are both arch:all packages.)

Cheers,
gregor
 
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