Hmm, isn't sid called UNSTABLE, that means that if you want use it, there is a risk that things aren't exactly perfect (don't take perfect to seriously). Not that long ago I upgraded one of my machines from woody to sid, now it's running perl 5.6 and I didn't have any trouble upgrading at all!
BTW. Why didn't you post a bug report about this? Ron Rademaker On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Adam Heath wrote: > Package: perl-5.6 > Severity: critical > > Scenario: Install new machine with potato. Configure all packages that come > with a default minimal install. Run dpkg --get-selections on a working > half-potato/half-sid machine. Run dpkg --set-selections on the new > machine. apt-get dselect-upgrade. perl goes blam. > > Perl 5.6 gets installed, removes alternative support. Then perl 5.004 gets > installed, reinstates alternatives. > > THIS IS BROKEN. AT THIS POINT, USERS CAN NOT UPGRADE FROM POTATO TO ANYTHING > THAT CONTAINS PERL 5.6. > > Can we please oust the current perl maintainer(s)? They don't care about the > state of their packages. There is even an existing bug(with patch, has > existed for 143 days) to fix a removal of /usr/local/lib during remove. > > ANY package that is needed by the packaging system(and this does not only > include dpkg support scripts, but debconf, and some maintainer scripts, > including adduser) <b><i><blink>NEEDS TO NOT BREAK PERIOD.</blink></i></b> > > ----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK---- > Version: 3.12 > GCS d- s: a-- c+++ UL++++ P+ L++++ !E W+ M o+ K- W--- !O M- !V PS-- > PE++ Y+ PGP++ t* 5++ X+ tv b+ D++ G e h*! !r z? > -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > ----BEGIN PGP INFO---- > Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Finger Print | KeyID > 67 01 42 93 CA 37 FB 1E 63 C9 80 1D 08 CF 84 0A | DE656B05 PGP > AD46 C888 F587 F8A3 A6DA 3261 8A2C 7DC2 8BD4 A489 | 8BD4A489 GPG > -----END PGP INFO----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >