Bug#762964: libversion-perl: uninstallable, current version superseded by perl

Axel Beckert abe at debian.org
Fri Sep 26 17:21:04 UTC 2014


Hi Niko,

Niko Tyni wrote:
> Package: libversion-perl
> Version: 1:0.9908-1 
> Severity: grave
> Tags: sid
> 
> This package is uninstallable in sid because perl 5.20.1 bundles a newer
> version of it and therefore breaks older separately packaged versions.
> 
>  Breaks: libversion-perl (<< 1:0.9909)

There is no newer upstream release than 0.9909. Does perl have 0.9908
or 0.9909?

>From the Breaks I'd expect 0.9908. In that case it likely make sense
to package 0.9909 as the upstream Changes entry for 0.9909 is not
small.

		Regards, Axel
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