package: libc6
The warnings about the locales below is because I don't have that installed in the debootstrap squeeze chroot. == zoot:/Media/chroot# rsync squeeze.save/ squeeze/ --exclude var/cache/apt/archives/ --exclude etc/apt/ -a zoot:/Media/chroot# chroot squeeze root@zoot:/# apt-get install perl Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libdb4.7 perl-modules Suggested packages: perl-doc libterm-readline-gnu-perl libterm-readline-perl-perl make The following NEW packages will be installed: libdb4.7 perl perl-modules 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/7907 kB of archives. After this operation, 30.7 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LANG = "en_US.UTF-8" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?) Selecting previously deselected package libdb4.7. (Reading database ... 8499 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libdb4.7 (from .../libdb4.7_4.7.25-9_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package perl-modules. Unpacking perl-modules (from .../perl-modules_5.10.1-17squeeze1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package perl. Unpacking perl (from .../perl_5.10.1-17squeeze1_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?) Setting up libdb4.7 (4.7.25-9) ... Setting up perl-modules (5.10.1-17squeeze1) ... Setting up perl (5.10.1-17squeeze1) ... root@zoot:/# apt-get install -t testing iceweasel Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libdb4.7 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: fontconfig fontconfig-config gcc-4.6-base libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libatk1.0-data libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libc-bin libc6 libcairo2 libcups2 libdatrie1 libdb5.1 libdbus-1-3 libevent-1.4-2 libexpat1 libffi5 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libgcrypt11 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgnutls26 libgpg-error0 libgssapi-krb5-2 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-common libhunspell-1.2-0 libice6 libjasper1 libjpeg62 libjpeg8 libk5crypto3 libkeyutils1 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 liblocale-gettext-perl libmozjs5d libnspr4-0d libnss3-1d libpango1.0-0 libpcre3 libpixman-1-0 libpng12-0 libsm6 libstartup-notification0 libstdc++6 libtasn1-3 libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libthai-data libthai0 libtiff4 libvpx0 libx11-6 libx11-data libx11-xcb1 libxau6 libxcb-render0 libxcb-shm0 libxcb-util0 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxdmcp6 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxml2 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxt6 multiarch-support perl perl-base perl-modules shared-mime-info ttf-dejavu-core ucf x11-common xulrunner-5.0 Suggested packages: defoma ttf-lyx latex-xft-fonts xfonts-mathml ttf-mathematica4.1 xprint mozplugger libasound2-plugins glibc-doc locales cups-common rng-tools gnutls-bin krb5-doc krb5-user librsvg2-common gvfs libjasper-runtime ttf-baekmuk ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp ttf-arphic-gkai00mp ttf-arphic-bkai00mp perl-doc libterm-readline-gnu-perl libterm-readline-perl-perl make libdbus-glib-1-2 libgconf2-4 libgnomevfs2-0 libnotify1 libnotify1-gtk2.10 libgnomeui-0 libcanberra0 Recommended packages: libc6-i686 dbus libglib2.0-data hicolor-icon-theme libgtk2.0-bin hunspell-en-us hunspell-dictionary myspell-dictionary x-ttcidfont-conf xml-core libswitch-perl libpod-plainer-perl libclass-isa-perl The following NEW packages will be installed: fontconfig fontconfig-config gcc-4.6-base iceweasel libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libatk1.0-data libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libcairo2 libcups2 libdatrie1 libdb5.1 libdbus-1-3 libevent-1.4-2 libexpat1 libffi5 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libgcrypt11 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgnutls26 libgpg-error0 libgssapi-krb5-2 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-common libhunspell-1.2-0 libice6 libjasper1 libjpeg62 libjpeg8 libk5crypto3 libkeyutils1 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 libmozjs5d libnspr4-0d libnss3-1d libpango1.0-0 libpcre3 libpixman-1-0 libpng12-0 libsm6 libstartup-notification0 libtasn1-3 libthai-data libthai0 libtiff4 libvpx0 libx11-6 libx11-data libx11-xcb1 libxau6 libxcb-render0 libxcb-shm0 libxcb-util0 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxdmcp6 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxml2 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxt6 multiarch-support shared-mime-info ttf-dejavu-core ucf x11-common xulrunner-5.0 The following packages will be upgraded: libc-bin libc6 liblocale-gettext-perl libstdc++6 libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl perl perl-base perl-modules 9 upgraded, 78 newly installed, 0 to remove and 90 not upgraded. Need to get 17.7 MB/56.6 MB of archives. After this operation, 122 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libtasn1-3 i386 2.9-4 [64.2 kB] Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libkeyutils1 i386 1.4-6 [7398 B] Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libatk1.0-data all 2.0.1-2 [215 kB] Get:4 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libatk1.0-0 i386 2.0.1-2 [91.8 kB] Get:5 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libavahi-common-data i386 0.6.30-5 [136 kB] Get:6 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libavahi-common3 i386 0.6.30-5 [55.0 kB] Get:7 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libdbus-1-3 i386 1.4.14-1 [166 kB] Get:8 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libavahi-client3 i386 0.6.30-5 [58.7 kB] Get:9 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libkrb5support0 i386 1.9.1+dfsg-1 [47.0 kB] Get:10 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libk5crypto3 i386 1.9.1+dfsg-1 [107 kB] Get:11 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libkrb5-3 i386 1.9.1+dfsg-1 [392 kB] Get:12 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libgssapi-krb5-2 i386 1.9.1+dfsg-1 [148 kB] Get:13 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libcups2 i386 1.4.8-2 [246 kB] Get:14 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libdatrie1 i386 0.2.4-3 [28.6 kB] Get:15 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libfreetype6 i386 2.4.6-1 [437 kB] Get:16 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main ucf all 3.0025+nmu2 [70.6 kB] Get:17 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main ttf-dejavu-core all 2.33-1 [1550 kB] Get:18 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main fontconfig-config all 2.8.0-3 [221 kB] Get:19 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libfontconfig1 i386 2.8.0-3 [285 kB] Get:20 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libjasper1 i386 1.900.1-9 [158 kB] Get:21 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libpng12-0 i386 1.2.46-3 [192 kB] Get:22 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libjpeg62 i386 6b1-2 [93.7 kB] Get:23 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libtiff4 i386 3.9.5-1 [187 kB] Get:24 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxau6 i386 1:1.0.6-3 [16.9 kB] Get:25 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxdmcp6 i386 1:1.1.0-3 [23.3 kB] Get:26 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxcb1 i386 1.7-3 [48.8 kB] Get:27 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libx11-data all 2:1.4.4-1 [183 kB] Get:28 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libx11-6 i386 2:1.4.4-1 [895 kB] Get:29 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main x11-common all 1:7.6+8 [276 kB] Get:30 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libice6 i386 2:1.0.7-2 [55.2 kB] Get:31 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libnspr4-0d i386 4.8.9-1 [146 kB] Get:32 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libsm6 i386 2:1.2.0-2 [29.1 kB] Get:33 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libthai-data all 0.1.15-2 [201 kB] Get:34 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libthai0 i386 0.1.15-2 [43.3 kB] Get:35 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libx11-xcb1 i386 2:1.4.4-1 [125 kB] Get:36 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxcb-render0 i386 1.7-3 [17.3 kB] Get:37 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxcomposite1 i386 1:0.4.3-2 [16.6 kB] Get:38 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxfixes3 i386 1:5.0-4 [21.2 kB] Get:39 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxrender1 i386 1:0.9.6-2 [31.1 kB] Get:40 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxcursor1 i386 1:1.1.12-1 [27.2 kB] Get:41 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxdamage1 i386 1:1.1.3-2 [14.1 kB] Get:42 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxext6 i386 2:1.3.0-3 [52.4 kB] Get:43 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxft2 i386 2.2.0-3 [58.4 kB] Get:44 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxi6 i386 2:1.4.3-3 [66.6 kB] Get:45 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxinerama1 i386 2:1.1.1-3 [15.9 kB] Get:46 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxrandr2 i386 2:1.3.2-2 [33.2 kB] Get:47 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxt6 i386 1:1.1.1-2 [200 kB] Get:48 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxml2 i386 2.7.8.dfsg-4 [882 kB] Get:49 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main fontconfig i386 2.8.0-3 [335 kB] Get:50 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libgtk2.0-common all 2.24.4-3 [7205 kB] Get:51 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libpango1.0-0 i386 1.28.4-1 [439 kB] Get:52 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main shared-mime-info i386 0.90-1 [1016 kB] Get:53 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libhunspell-1.2-0 i386 1.2.14-4 [174 kB] Get:54 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libxcb-util0 i386 0.3.8-1 [24.3 kB] Get:55 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libstartup-notification0 i386 0.12-1 [25.6 kB] Fetched 17.7 MB in 12s (1363 kB/s) E: Could not perform immediate configuration on 'perl'. Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. (2) == libc6(wheezy) breaks perl << 5.12. perl 5.12 depends on libgdm3. libgdm3 pre-depends multiarch-support. multiarch-support depends on libc6(wheezy). This loop can't be broken by apt, so it complains. An upgrade or dist-upgrade from squeeze to wheezy *does* work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org