On Mon, May 09, 2016 at 08:42:54PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > Package: libperl-dev > Version: 5.22.2-1 > > Since 5.22.1-7 [1], libperl-dev doesn't depend on perl anymore. This was > done to make it possible to install a foreign arch libperl-dev and > libperl5.22 for cross building applications that link against libperl.
> I'm inclined to fix this by restoring the tightly versioned > perl dependency, but qualifying it with :any (since perl is > Multi-Arch:allowed). This should be enough to keep cross builds working > AFAICS. > We might also want to have the 5.24 perl Break libperl-dev (<< 5.24.0~) > or something like that, to make sure partial upgrades from earlier > versions without the above fix pull in a newer libperl-dev too. Untested tentative fix at https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/perl/perl.git/commit/?id=6b15d0196492024f977fa1222752cea84b0765f7 -- Niko Tyni nt...@debian.org