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

[gregor herrmann]

On Mon, 02 Sep 2024 22:35:58 +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:

> 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.)

Removing the Provides should work; and although it's a bit ugly it
would only be needed for ~1 year (until we get 5.42).

I also thought about lowering the Replaces/Breaks in
libtest-simple-perl, but this wouldn't work, as perl ships (and
Provides) 0.000162 and we have libtest2-suite-perl 0.000163 in the
archive.

Another option might be to build a binary package libtest2-suite-perl
from src:libtest-simple-perl, then we could drop the Replaces/Breaks
in bin:libtest-simple-perl. Also ugly but also needed for only ~1
year.

Or maybe we could just remove libtest-simple-perl and libtest2-suite-perl
from the archive and be happy with what's in src:perl. (But I guess
there is a reason for having them, like other packages requiring
newer versions …).


Cheers,
gregor

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