On Sat, 2019-03-09 at 22:09 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > When building on buster, the Perl upgrade changes at least one thing: > one needs to install an extra package to get the Locale::Codes > module. > It used to be shipped under perl-modules, but now has its own > separate package. > > In stretch, it's provided by: > perl-modules > perl-modules-5.24 > > In testing/sid, it's shipped in: > liblocale-codes-perl | 3.59-1 | testing | source, all > liblocale-codes-perl | 3.60-1 | unstable | source, all > > so it looks to me the debian.org metapackage could gain a dependency > like the following, to ensure the extra package gets installed when > moving to buster? > > liblocale-codes-perl | perl-modules-5.24 > > which should be installable in stretch and allowing a transition to > the real package (liblocale-codes-perl) when the host gets dist > upgraded to buster?
FWIW, perl-modules-5.24 Provides: liblocale-codes-perl, so unless anything requires a versioned dependency during the upgrade process a simple dependency on libl-c-p should be sufficient. Regards, Adam
