Package: doc-base
Version: 0.8.4
Severity: normal
doc-base 0.8.4 fails to install after finding a problem in file
/usr/share/perl5/Debian/DocBase/DocBaseFile.pm
Not sure whether the problem is with doc-base or perl, but it occurred both
before and after uninstalling perl-doc in favour of perl-doc-html.
Solved bug #278495 also involved perl, but I think this is a different problem.
The apt install error is:
lamorak:~# apt-get install doc-base
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
doc-base is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up doc-base (0.8.4) ...
Registering 339 installed documents
error: empty control file at /usr/share/perl5/Debian/DocBase/DocBaseFile.pm
line 248, <$fh> line 3.
dpkg: error processing doc-base (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Errors were encountered while processing:
doc-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Line 248 in that file reads
$self->_read_control_file_section($fh, $doc_data) or die "error: empty
control file";
but I'm not in a position to tell which file can't be accessed or contains no
doc_data. I haven't touched the perl installation.
Sorry if this is noise due to mismanagement of my system, otherwise tell me how
I can help.
Thanks in advance,
Miguel Aguado
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.20061224b
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages doc-base depends on:
ii perl 5.8.8-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii scrollkeeper 0.3.14-13 A free electronic cataloging syste
doc-base recommends no packages.
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