On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:34:52 +0200, Niko Tyni wrote: > > Thinking a bit more I think we could just write libversion-perl, > > because perl-modules 5.10 (since -3) provides libversion-perl. > > Dropping the version on the dependecy would mean that we have a > > problem in stable ... > I don't think there's a problem even with stable. > The distribution specifies version.pm >= 0.69, but judging by > t/02_Parse_Version.t and > http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2007-01/msg00805.html > the problem is only with pureperl installations of version.pm, while we > have an XS one.
Cool, thanks for your research! > Conclusion: as perl-modules Build-Essential:yes, an unversioned > *build*-dependency on just libversion-perl should work "everywhere". > I'm not quite as sure about the runtime dependency, but it seems that > Depends: perl (>= 5.6.0-16), libversion-perl > works at least in 'apt-get install libsmart-comments-perl', > as it drags perl-modules with it in the 5.10 case. Sounds reasonable. I've commited the fix to our svn repo. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ | gpg key ID: 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : debian: the universal operating system - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' member of https://www.vibe.at/ | how to reply: http://got.to/quote/ `- NP: Red Hot Chili Peppers: Torture Me
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