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Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/802639 |
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Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@g.o> |
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+Title: Perl 5.34 upgrade now stable |
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+Author: Sam James <sam@g.o> |
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+Posted: 2021-07-21 |
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+Revision: 1 |
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+News-Item-Format: 2.0 |
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+ |
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+The Perl project in Gentoo has begun stabilisation of Perl 5.34 [0] |
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+which is the latest stable version released upstream. |
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+ |
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+While the package manager usually handles this upgrade cleanly, |
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+there are some bugs [1][2][3] which affect Portage's dependency resolution |
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+that sometimes mean rebuilds occur in the wrong order - this is |
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+exacerbated by the packaging model used for Perl (but not its fault). |
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+ |
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+We therefore recommend the following procedure for users: |
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+1. Sync your tree: |
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+# emerge --sync |
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+ |
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+2. Perform a full world upgrade, e.g.: |
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+# emerge -a -uvDU @world --keep-going=y |
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+ |
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+3. If any failures occur, please run perl-cleaner --all, then try again: |
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+# perl-cleaner --all |
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+ |
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+4. Perform a world upgrade again. |
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+ |
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+5. Once complete, depclean: |
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+# emerge -a --depclean |
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+ |
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+Rarely, it may be necessary to perform a one-off installation of a package, |
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+but usually `perl-cleaner` will resolve the issue. If an error message occurs |
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+after running perl-cleaner, try e.g. for a fictional package dev-perl/foo: |
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+# emerge -a --oneshot --verbose dev-perl/foo |
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+ |
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+If you have any issues, please consult the standard support channels [4] |
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+(such as our forums or IRC channels) and we will do our best to get your |
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+system working well again. |
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+ |
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+[0] https://bugs.gentoo.org/802639 |
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+[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/592880 |
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+[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/793992 |
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+[3] https://bugs.gentoo.org/199856 |
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+[4] https://www.gentoo.org/support/ |
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2.32.0 |