Bug#1080359: libtest-simple-perl: uninstallable with Perl 5.40 due to Breaking libtest2-suite-perl

[Niko Tyni]

Package: libtest-simple-perl
Version: 1.302201-2
Severity: important
User: debian-perl at lists.debian.org
Usertags: perl-5.40-transition
X-Debbugs-Cc: perl at packages.debian.org

This package is uninstallable with Perl 5.40 (currently in experimental.)

  perl Provides: libtest2-suite-perl (= 0.000162)

  libtest-simple-perl Breaks: libtest2-suite-perl (<< 1.302200~)

  # apt install libtest-simple-perl perl
  [...]
  Unsatisfied dependencies:
   libtest-simple-perl : Breaks: libtest2-suite-perl (< 1.302200~)

  # dpkg -i libtest-simple-perl_1.302201-2_all.deb 
  dpkg: regarding libtest-simple-perl_1.302201-2_all.deb containing libtest-simple-perl:
   libtest-simple-perl breaks libtest2-suite-perl (<< 1.302200~)
    perl provides libtest2-suite-perl and is present and installed.
  [...]

I don't really know what to do about this. Maybe just remove the
Provides on the perl side?  That would mean that all dependencies
on libtest2-suite-perl would needlessly pull in a separate package
(presumably libtest-simple-perl as libtest2-suite-perl is going away as a
'real' package.)

Will have to sleep on this at least.
-- 
Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org