On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Branden Robinson wrote:
> Haven't found anyone else with this problem yet. Doogie's explanation is
> that I have somehow rigged my system to cause this. The rest of us may
> actually want to bother investigating.
[lots of stuff snipped]
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6.postinst: /usr/sbin/update-rc.d: Permission denied
> dpkg: error processing libc6 (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> libc6
> E: Sub-process returned an error code (1)
>
> [...later...]
>
> [1] 1013 apocalypse ~ > ls -dl /usr/bin/perl
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 23 22:02 /usr/bin/perl -> per=
> l-5.005
> [0] 1014 apocalypse ~ > ls -dl /usr/bin/perl-5.005
> -rw------- 1 root root 534844 Aug 19 04:29 /usr/bin/perl-5.005
I had the exact same problem on my system but I seem to have fixed it by
by doing this:
1. Using chmod to make /usr/bin/perl-5.005 executable
2. Reinstalling the libc6 debs with the "dpkg -i" command
3. Reinstalling the perl-5.005-base deb with the "dpkg -i" command
4. Reinstalling the perl-5.005 deb with the "dpkg -i" command
Now a "ls -l /usr/bin/perl*" command produces this:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Sep 24 03:04 perl ->
/etc/alternatives/perl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 493788 Jul 7 14:58 perl-5.004
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 534844 Sep 22 02:32 perl-5.005
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 534844 Sep 22 02:32 perl5.00503
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Sep 24 03:06 perlbug ->
/etc/alternatives/perlbug
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 31728 Sep 22 02:32 perlbug-5.005
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Sep 24 03:06 perlcc ->
/etc/alternatives/perlcc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26311 Sep 22 02:32 perlcc-5.005
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 15897 Aug 8 15:19 perldl
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Sep 24 03:06 perldoc ->
/etc/alternatives/perldoc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16815 Sep 22 02:32 perldoc-5.005
I don't have the foggiest idea what caused the problem or why fixing the
binary and reinstalling libc6 and perl fixed it. However, I do know that I
haven't made any weird modifications to my system and definitely none
to the default perl installation.
- Dave
+----------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| David Webb | The believer is happy; the doubter is wise. |
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - Hungarian Proverb |
+----------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
