Bug#278495: perl can be in an unusable state during upgrade

2005-05-13 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 05:39:56PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > I've prepared an NMU for this bug with the attached patch (should look > familiar), and will be uploading shortly. > > -release, please consider doc-base 0.7.18-0.1 for sarge. Approved Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTEC

Bug#278495: perl can be in an unusable state during upgrade

2005-05-12 Thread Steve Langasek
tags 278495 patch thanks Hi folks, I've prepared an NMU for this bug with the attached patch (should look familiar), and will be uploading shortly. -release, please consider doc-base 0.7.18-0.1 for sarge. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer diff -Nru /var/tmp/01YrgvV4q7/doc-base-0.

Bug#278495: perl can be in an unusable state during upgrade

2005-05-11 Thread Steve Langasek
Ok, after further analysis on IRC, it seems that the error in Bill's upgrade happens only because the packages are being removed, and apt removed some packages in an order that was not consistent with the declared dependencies. Since there's no reason to think apt is playing fast and loose with dep