Re: Bug#95801: won't let me upgrade perl from stable to unstable

2001-05-01 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 09:57:57PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > And it doesn't matter for you either, because I reassigned the bug to > perl-base. If you continue to argue and say that it is not a bug > (somewhere; anywhere) that I can't upgrade from stable to unstable I > will ignore your messages.

Re: Bug#95801: won't let me upgrade perl from stable to unstable

2001-05-01 Thread Brian May
> "Steve" == Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Steve> On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, xsdg wrote: >> I'm not sure if this is the correct answer, but do you have the >> newest apt, apt-utils, debconf, debconf-utils, and dpkg >> installed on that box? Steve> Does that really a

Re: Bug#95801: won't let me upgrade perl from stable to unstable

2001-05-01 Thread Brian May
> "Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jason> Now, hold my hand. Your installed perl-base looks like Jason> this: The installed stuff is not relevant. There is nothing wrong with my existing setup. apt-get is happy with it as is. However it won't let me upgrade. 1.

Re: Bug#95801: won't let me upgrade perl from stable to unstable

2001-05-01 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On 1 May 2001, Brian May wrote: > Jason> No, it means you can't do this specific situation you asked > Jason> for, you said dist-upgrade works, so you can in fact > Jason> upgrade to unstable! > > I don't recall saying that. If so, I did, I am sorry, I must have been > confused at t

Re: Bug#95801: won't let me upgrade perl from stable to unstable

2001-05-01 Thread Brian May
reassign 95801 perl-base thanks To restate this bug report in simple terms: It is simply not possible to install perl-base[1] from unstable as it conflicts with perl-5.004-base[2] which is a required package in stable, and no longer exists in unstable[3]. > "Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL

Re: Bug#95801: won't let me upgrade perl from stable to unstable

2001-04-30 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On 1 May 2001, Brian May wrote: > > "Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Jason> On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Brian May wrote: > > >> WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed This > >> should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! >

Re: Bug#95801: won't let me upgrade perl from stable to unstable

2001-04-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, xsdg wrote: > I'm not sure if this is the correct answer, but do > you have the newest apt, apt-utils, debconf, > debconf-utils, and dpkg installed on that box? Does that really address the problem? A user upgrading from potato to woody once woody is released will also not h

Re: Bug#95801: won't let me upgrade perl from stable to unstable

2001-04-30 Thread xsdg
I'm not sure if this is the correct answer, but do you have the newest apt, apt-utils, debconf, debconf-utils, and dpkg installed on that box? --xsdg -- ___ / Sun Microsystems. We put the dot in ./exploit \ \

Re: Bug#95801: won't let me upgrade perl from stable to unstable

2001-04-30 Thread Brian May
reopen 95801 thanks (note: skip to "rehash of problem" to see what this problem is all about. I am writing this to debian-devel, because I consider this a serious problem which shouldn't be ignored). > "Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jason> On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Br