On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:36:31 +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > The lenny perl-modules package indeed only conflicts on > libarchive-tar-perl (<= 1.38-2). Quoting Brendan O'Dea in #470154 > (cc'd to notify the pkg-perl folks):
Thanks for the notification. > > While I can, and have added replaces for versions of libarchive-tar-perl > > up to and including 1.38-2, you will have to add diversions for ptar and > > ptardiff (or not include them) in later versions to avoid breaking perl > > upgrades. > This did not happen with 1.38-3~etch1. Ack, I took the last version from unstable before the package was released, and I missed #470154 ... (1.38-2). Sorry for that. The code for the diversions was already in svn as 1.38-3 but it was never released. > I see three options for a fix: > - update the lenny perl-modules Conflicts > - add diversions for /usr/bin/ptar and /usr/bin/ptardiff > (and their manual pages) in the libarchive-tar-perl etch update > - re-upload the Etch update with a lower version number (is this even > possible?), for example 1.38~etch-1 or somesuch > > FWIW, I'd prefer having this fixed inside the libarchive-tar-perl etch > update, but I can certainly prepare a lenny update for the perl package > if that turns out to be necessary. I'm happy to help with libarchive-tar-perl but I'd like to wait for a consensus and the release team's opinion before doing anything. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. Home: http://info.comodo.priv.at/{,blog/} / GPG Key ID: 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT, SPI Inc., fellow of FSFE | http://got.to/quote/ `- NP: U2: Lemon
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