Sorry, forgotten to post to list ... ----- Forwarded message from Michael Flaig <mfl> -----
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 18:59:51 +0200 From: Michael Flaig <mfl> To: "David J. Roundy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Perl 5.6 ... User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, May 30, 2001 at 07:32:54AM -0700 On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 07:32:54AM -0700, David J. Roundy wrote: > On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 05:58:33AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > > huh? Michael's message is a dpkg dependency error, rm -rfing random > > directories will change nothing in that regard (unless its > > /var/lib/dpkg). > > It was a dependency error, which I believe arises because dpkg fails on > perl-base, because /usr/share/doc/perl is owned by two packages at once, > and dpkg refuses to overwrite it (or something like that), which makes > perl-base fail to install. Yes, you are right it was a dependency error. perl-base doesn´t install and then the dependency is broken. I´ve forgotten to post the other error, too. sorry! will try it with deleting the directory ... thanks for now ... Michael > -- > David Roundy > http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/ -- Michael Flaig ... PROLinux (www.pro-linux.de) News, free web support and discussion forum MobilePhone: +49 179 2200049 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Michael Flaig ... PROLinux (www.pro-linux.de) News, free web support and discussion forum MobilePhone: +49 179 2200049