Folks ~ I'm running testing, and a week or two ago apt [dist-upgrade] wanted to install a new Perl (5.8) to replace my current 5.6.1. I've no special preference for 5.6x, but apt also wants to remove several Perl modules on which I depend.
To wit: Digest::MD5 appears to be replaced with libmd5-perl; Test::Harness now appears to be included in perl-modules. Others, though, I haven't been able to verify or find: Time::HiRes, Storable, GD. I've been experimenting (without success) with pinning Perl at 5.6.1. I understand from reading the archives that this is not the best use of pinning, and should be avoided if there's a better way. I know I could proceed with the dist-upgrade and then use CPAN to reinstall the removed modules, but if I understand apt correctly this is a short-term expedience guaranteed to fail long-term. The only other thing I can think of is packaging those modules for perl-5.8 myself, but I've never done that and can't evaluate whether or not it's a good solution. Can some one with more experience point me in the right direction? I'm version-agnostic for Perl, as long as I (a) keep my modules, and (b) don't do anything that would set a booby-trap for apt in the future. Randall
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