Bug#397237: libperl5.8: package is empty

2006-11-06 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 10:39:00PM +0100, Nicolas Boullis wrote: > Anyway, why keep an empty package on all those architecture. > Why not let perl-base provide libperl5.8 and kill libperl5.8 on those > architectures. > Or have libperl5.8 always contain the actual shared library and have > perl-b

Bug#397237: libperl5.8: package is empty

2006-11-06 Thread Nicolas Boullis
Hi, On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 01:28:40AM +1100, Brendan O'Dea wrote: > My mail or the BTS must be lagging somewhat. Forgive me if I repeat > myself. I have seen such problems as well, so I guess it's not your e-mail. > >Sure, agreed; it's certainly a bug, it just doesn't seem to break anything.

Bug#397237: libperl5.8: package is empty

2006-11-06 Thread Brendan O'Dea
My mail or the BTS must be lagging somewhat. Forgive me if I repeat myself. On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 03:05:46PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: >On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 11:57:19PM +0100, Nicolas Boullis wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 02:47:15PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > >> > But clearly if yo

Bug#397237: libperl5.8: package is empty

2006-11-05 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 11:57:19PM +0100, Nicolas Boullis wrote: > On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 02:47:15PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > But clearly if you're just reporting this strangeness now, months after the > > package was uploaded, the package isn't actually unusable. So why should > > this

Bug#397237: libperl5.8: package is empty

2006-11-05 Thread Nicolas Boullis
On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 02:47:15PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > But clearly if you're just reporting this strangeness now, months after the > package was uploaded, the package isn't actually unusable. So why should > this be grave? OK, you may be right, but this certainly is strange! > BTW

Bug#397237: libperl5.8: package is empty

2006-11-05 Thread Nicolas Boullis
close 397237 thanks On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 02:47:15PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > But clearly if you're just reporting this strangeness now, months after the > package was uploaded, the package isn't actually unusable. So why should > this be grave? > > BTW, the packages in sarge shipped

Bug#397237: libperl5.8: package is empty

2006-11-05 Thread Steve Langasek
severity 397237 important thanks On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 10:43:11PM +0100, Nicolas Boullis wrote: > Package: libperl5.8 > Version: 5.8.8-6.1 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > As strange as it may sound, the libperl5.8 package is empty for all > non-i386 architectures.

Bug#397237: libperl5.8: package is empty

2006-11-05 Thread Nicolas Boullis
Package: libperl5.8 Version: 5.8.8-6.1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Hi, As strange as it may sound, the libperl5.8 package is empty for all non-i386 architectures. Fortunately, the actual library is in the perl-base package (at least for powerpc). Cheers, Nicolas