On Mon, May 09, 2016 at 08:59:46PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > 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
Looks good to me! Dominic.