libdbi-perl , libdbd-mysql-perl need perlapi-5.18.1 not >=5.18.1 ????

Florian Schlichting fsfs at debian.org
Thu Nov 26 08:19:46 UTC 2015


Hi Hans,

> can't install mysql-client on my Linux Mint Debian Ed. 2 Betsy (Jessie)
> because it depends on libdbi-perl and libdbd-mysql-perl
> which both depend on EXACTLY perlapi-5.18.1  not >=???perlapi-5.18.1
> while I have perlapi-5.20.2 ???
> 
> Is that »exactly« correct or a typo?

that is correct and not a typo. Perl XS packages compiled against Perl
5.18 need to be recompiled to work with Perl 5.20. You need to either
upgrade libdbi-perl and libdbd-mysql-perl, or downgrade your Perl
version.

Florian




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