On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 03:10:03PM -0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: perl
>
> Package: perl-modules
> Version: 5.8.8-7ubuntu2
> Conflicts: libpod-parser-perl (<< 1.32-1), libansicolor-perl (<< 1.10-1), libfile-temp-perl (<< 0.16-1), libnet-perl (<= 1:1.19-3), libattribute-handlers-perl (e-temp-perl (<< 0.16-1), libnet-perl (<= 1:1.19-3), libattribute-handlers-perl (<< 0.78_02-1), libcgi-pm-perl (<< 3.15-1), libi18n-langtags-perl (<< 0.35-1), liblocale-maketext-perl (<< 1.08-1), libmath-bigint-perl (<< 1.77-1), libnet-ping-perl (<< 2.31-1), libtest-harness-perl (<< 2.56-1), libtest-simple-perl (<< 0.62-1), liblocale-codes-perl (<< 2.06.1-1)
>
> Note the dependency on libattribute-handlers-perl. _ is not a legal
> character in version numbers and this control file has a syntax error.
>
> This is a surprisingly serious bug: some automated package processing
> programs may well reject this package.
>
_ is valid in module version numbers in Perl. My guess is that this is simply
a problem with the package files.
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 03:10:03PM -0000, Ian Jackson wrote: handlers- perl (e-temp-perl (<< 0.16-1), libnet-perl (<= 1:1.19-3), libattribute- handlers- perl (<< 0.78_02-1), libcgi-pm-perl (<< 3.15-1), libi18n- langtags- perl (<< 0.35-1), liblocale- maketext- perl (<< 1.08-1), libmath-bigint-perl (<< 1.77-1), libnet-ping-perl (<< 2.31-1), libtest- harness- perl (<< 2.56-1), libtest-simple-perl (<< 0.62-1), liblocale- codes-perl (<< 2.06.1-1) handlers- perl. _ is not a legal
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: perl
>
> Package: perl-modules
> Version: 5.8.8-7ubuntu2
> Conflicts: libpod-parser-perl (<< 1.32-1), libansicolor-perl (<< 1.10-1), libfile-temp-perl (<< 0.16-1), libnet-perl (<= 1:1.19-3), libattribute-
>
> Note the dependency on libattribute-
> character in version numbers and this control file has a syntax error.
>
> This is a surprisingly serious bug: some automated package processing
> programs may well reject this package.
>
_ is valid in module version numbers in Perl. My guess is that this is simply
a problem with the package files.
Steve Peters
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