Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> writes: > From: Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> > Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:40:50 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] Drop (build|) dependencies on perl (>= 5.6.0-16). > > This version of perl is so obsolete that dropping any reference to it > makes sense (even oldstable has perl 5.8). > --- > perl-policy.sgml | 11 ----------- > 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/perl-policy.sgml b/perl-policy.sgml > index 1421b46..1d26df7 100644 > --- a/perl-policy.sgml > +++ b/perl-policy.sgml > @@ -319,10 +319,6 @@ $(MAKE) install PREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/<tmp>/usr > (nominally just tmp)</p> > </footnote> > </p> > - <p> > - A <tt>Build-Depends</tt> on <tt>perl (>= 5.6.0-16)</tt> is > - required. > - </p> > </sect> > > <sect id="module_deps"> > @@ -342,13 +338,6 @@ $(MAKE) install PREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/<tmp>/usr > the minimum required version, or more simply the current > version. > </p> > - <p> > - In the absence of an explicit requirement, > - architecture-independent modules must depend on a minimum > - <package>perl</package> or <package>perl-base</package> > - version of <tt>5.6.0-16</tt> due to the changes in > - <tt>@INC</tt> introduced by that version. > - </p> > </sect1> > > <sect1 id="binary_modules">
Seconded. (Sorry about the long delay in review.) This patch needs one more second to be queued for the next release of Policy. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
