Re: Howto upgrade perl without removing everything

2011-11-17 Thread Richard
On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:54:52 -1000 Joel Roth wrote: > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 03:03:49PM +, Richard wrote: > > Hi, > > > Playing dangerously with Sid, and I've reached the limit > > of what it will upgrade to without some help. Nearly > > everything has a dependency on perl, the perl versio

Re: Howto upgrade perl without removing everything

2011-11-17 Thread Joel Roth
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 03:03:49PM +, Richard wrote: > Hi, > Playing dangerously with Sid, and I've reached the limit > of what it will upgrade to without some help. Nearly > everything has a dependency on perl, the perl version has > change, so how do just upgrade the perl base. I can't see

Re: Howto upgrade perl without removing everything

2011-11-14 Thread Richard
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:09:20 + Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 15:03 +, Richard wrote: > > Hi, > > Playing dangerously with Sid, and I've reached the limit of what it will > > upgrade to > > without some help. > > Nearly everything has a dependency on perl, the perl ver

Re: Howto upgrade perl without removing everything

2011-11-14 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 15:03 +, Richard wrote: > Hi, > Playing dangerously with Sid, and I've reached the limit of what it will > upgrade to > without some help. > Nearly everything has a dependency on perl, the perl version has change, so > how do just upgrade the > perl base. > I can't see

Re: Howto upgrade perl without removing everything

2011-11-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 14 nov 11, 15:03:49, Richard wrote: > I can't see the equivalent of rpm --nodeps in apt-get, and clean up > the mess afterwards. JFYI, the equivalent of rpm is dpkg, not apt, and it does have the switch you are looking for if you look in the manpage, BUT overriding dependencies is a bad

Re: Howto upgrade perl without removing everything

2011-11-14 Thread Richard
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:56:31 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-11-14 16:03 +0100, Richard wrote: > > > Playing dangerously with Sid, and I've reached the limit of what it will > > upgrade to > > without some help. > > Nearly everything has a dependency on perl, the perl version has change, so

Re: Howto upgrade perl without removing everything

2011-11-14 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-11-14 16:03 +0100, Richard wrote: > Playing dangerously with Sid, and I've reached the limit of what it will > upgrade to > without some help. > Nearly everything has a dependency on perl, the perl version has change, so > how do just upgrade the > perl base. Just don't do it. > I can

Howto upgrade perl without removing everything

2011-11-14 Thread Richard
Hi, Playing dangerously with Sid, and I've reached the limit of what it will upgrade to without some help. Nearly everything has a dependency on perl, the perl version has change, so how do just upgrade the perl base. I can't see the equivalent of rpm --nodeps in apt-get, and clean up the mess a