Bug#767734: upgrade failure: perl-modules depends on perl which is not configured yet

[Sven Joachim]

Control: reassign -1 apt 0.9.9
Control: fixed -1 apt/1.0.7

Am 02.11.2014 um 16:53 schrieb David Kalnischkies:

> On Sun, Nov 02, 2014 at 12:51:02PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> [CC'ing apt maintainers.]
>
> [ for every one that asks receives ]
>
>> The circular dependency between perl and perl-modules has been around
>> for ages, and it can be broken by configuring both perl and perl-modules
>> in one run and letting dpkg figure out the order.  It seems as if apt
>> told dpkg to only configure perl-modules which cannot work.
>> 
>> I think this is the same problem as in
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1347721, and it's
>> fixed in apt 1.0.7 (you have apt 1.0.6, 0.9.9 introduced the bug).
>
> Thanks for the analyse! It should be indeed this problem showing again
> how nasty circular dependencies can be…
>
> The mentioned bug can't really be worked around and it only effects some
> apt versions in unstable and especially not stable, so I would close it
> and be done. It is at the very least not release critical.

Okay, reassigning to apt hereby with version information.

Cheers,
       Sven