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| author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2021-07-24 02:11:45 +0100 |
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| committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2021-07-24 02:11:45 +0100 |
| commit | b49088575eb777ced2551f484da86317332d6087 (patch) | |
| tree | bf9a151cf2d61956340d555659ffc098ee1da466 /metadata/news/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade.en.txt | |
| parent | 514d1bbe260df2521fe60f1a3ec87cfcfde1a829 (diff) | |
gentoo resync : 24.07.2021
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diff --git a/metadata/news/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade.en.txt b/metadata/news/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..bc1baa111ece --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/news/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade/2021-07-20-perl-5_34-upgrade.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Title: Perl 5.34 upgrade now stable +Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> +Posted: 2021-07-20 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 + +The Perl project in Gentoo has begun stabilisation of Perl 5.34 [0] +which is the latest stable version released upstream. + +While the package manager usually handles this upgrade cleanly, +there are some bugs [1][2][3] which affect Portage's dependency resolution +that sometimes mean rebuilds occur in the wrong order - this is +exacerbated by the packaging model used for Perl (but not its fault). + +We therefore recommend the following procedure for users: +1. Sync your tree: +# emerge --sync + +2. Perform a full world upgrade, e.g.: +# emerge -a -uvDU @world --keep-going=y + +3. If any failures occur, please run perl-cleaner --all, then try again: +# perl-cleaner --all + +4. Perform a world upgrade again. + +5. Once complete, depclean: +# emerge -a --depclean + +If the upgrade fails with conflicts, please try --backtrack=1000 or some +other large number. + +Rarely, it may be necessary to perform a one-off installation of a package, +but usually `perl-cleaner` will resolve the issue. If an error message occurs +after running perl-cleaner, try e.g. for a fictional package dev-perl/foo: +# emerge -a --oneshot --verbose dev-perl/foo + +If you have any issues, please consult the standard support channels [4] +(such as our forums or IRC channels) and we will do our best to get your +system working well again. + +[0] https://bugs.gentoo.org/802639 +[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/592880 +[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/793992 +[3] https://bugs.gentoo.org/199856 +[4] https://www.gentoo.org/support/ |