Bug#943811: perl:any is possible the following way and I suggest doing this

[Niko Tyni]

On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 11:05:27PM -0600, mdasoh kyaeppd wrote:
> Package: perl
> Version: 5.30.0-8
> Severity: important
> 
> Having seen perl:any wane in use, I suggest bringing it back with the following measures:
> in perl's control stanza:
> Provides: perl:any (= 5.30.0-8)
> in perl-base's control stanza:
> Multi-Arch: foreign
> Provides: perl-base:any (= 5.30.0-8), perlapi-5.30.0:any
> in a package's control stanza which currently Depends: perl:any
> Multi-Arch: foreign
> Depends: perl:any (>= 5.30.0-8), perlapi-5.30.0:any
> 
> I have it working this way locally
> please respond with your thoughts or opinions.

I don't know what problem you are trying to solve and this doesn't make
much sense to me unfortunately.

In any case, depending on perlapi-5.30.0:any seems like a totally
wrong concept: perlapi-5.30.0 is about guaranteeing binary compatibility
between the perl interpreter and its plugins (compiled XS modules). Their
architectures must therefore always match.
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Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org