Bug#942135: Сannot install Perl 5.30.0-6 without deleting the libgtk2-perl package

[Dominic Hargreaves]

Control: reassign -1 src:libgtk2-perl
Control: retitle -1 libgtk2-perl: FTBFS and not built against perl 5.30

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 09:51:29PM +0300, Сергей Фёдоров wrote:
> Cannot update 67 Perl update dependent software packages.

Probably if you run apt-get update against a fresh mirror and
try again, you'll find they mostly work now. This is expected around
the time of a perl transition:
<https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2019/10/msg00000.html>
but most of the packages have now caught up:
<https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/perl.html>

> And Perl, I can’t upgrade from 5.28.1-6 to 5.30.0-6 due to the lack of the “libgtk2-perl” package that is compatible with the new version of Perl. Will this problem be solved?

It seems uncertain at the moment - the package has been removed from
testing (see #912860) and is clearly not coming back. It's also now FTBFS,
possibly related to the Gnome 3 transition?:

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/GdkPixbuf.t                    (Wstat: 256 Tests: 112 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  44
  Non-zero exit status: 1
Files=228, Tests=5065, 37 wallclock secs ( 1.11 usr  0.40 sys + 29.85 cusr  5.47 csys = 36.83 CPU)
Result: FAIL

I'm reassigning this bug to the libgtk2-perl package since this is
not a problem with perl, but I couldn't say how likely this it get
fixed and it would only be a very short-term fix if it did. I would
recommend you look at alternatives to libgtk2-perl for your use and
remove it so that you can continue to upgrade perl.

Best
Dominic