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This is not an invalid bug. This change breaks every piece of software
that calls for Digest::SHA1, and requires the authors to release a
version of the software that calls for it by the name Digest::SHA.
Furthermore, the new version of the software will no longer be
compatible with older versions of Ubuntu in which the name needs to be
Digest::SHA1. Developers will either need to release two separate
versions of their software, or rewrite their programs to dynamically
determine which name is present and load that one. It is not reasonable
to break a large number of applications with no warning and for no
strong reason.

** Changed in: libdigest-sha1-perl (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Confirmed

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  libdigest-sha1-perl package is not in Ubuntu 12.04

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