Package: dpkg Version: 1.0.5 The Perl package sometimes produces a message about not having the kernel headers installed, and having to run perlconfig later.
(a) This should be handled differently if the kernel source or headers are to be installed: dpkg should defer configuring Perl if possible. (b) This message should, if it turns out to be necessary, be accompanied by a prompt, so that the user doesn't miss it. I've reported this against dpkg because of (a), but when that's fixed I'll reassign it to Perl because of (b). Ian.