Package: perl Version: 5.22.0~rc2-2 Severity: grave User: debian-p...@lists.debian.org Usertags: perl-5.22-transition Justification: breaks installation of libio-compress-perl
With perl 5.22 (in particular commit 0c03dbe[1], the Replaces libio-compress-perl has moved from perl to libperl5.22; however libio-compress-perl and perl both include /usr/bin/zipdetails, so this Replaces had the effect of causing both to be coinstallable. That's now lost and we have: Unpacking libio-compress-perl (2.068-1) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libio-compress-perl_2.068-1_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/zipdetails', which is also in package perl 5.22.0~rc2-2 Note: I think these unversioned Replaces should be reviewed even in perl 5.20: in jessie, this causes the newer /usr/bin/zipdetails from libio-compress-perl to be masked by the older one from perl which is certainly not intended. The problem here is that Replaces has too meanings, and it was having the effect described in policy 7.6.1 when it was probably meant to have the effect of policy 7.6.2. Possibly all scripts supplied with dual-lived modules should have alternatives in place instead, as we have done with other packages. Dominic. [1] http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/perl/perl.git/commit/?h=debian-5.22&id=0c03dbe256e9092939c965d1dd4014a25329f669 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
