> On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 05:21:52PM -0700 or thereabouts, Peter Meilstrup wrote: >> Here is the lasest output of apt-get update && apt-get upgrade. It seems >> to be complaining about a Perl script, and will not go through with the >> upgrade. This seems serious; how can I fix this? I have tried running >> apt-get --reinstall on perl, perl-base and dpkg with no luck. >> > > I had a similar problem once. You can grab the perl debs and > install them manually with dpkg or get the perl sources and > compile it yourself, assuming you installed the development > tools. The debian install is very dependent upon perl and if > it gets hosed your hosed. Unfortunately perl seems to get > broken more than it's fair share. > > Fred
Is this right? perl is not listed as a dependency for apt. If it's true, IMHO apt could/should repair itself under these conditions. Would it be reasonable to store and keep up to date a local perl package backup to fall back on if perl is failing? (cc to deity list) *----------------------------------------------------------------* | .''`. | Debian GNU/Linux: <http://www.debian.org> | | : :' : | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | `. `'` | . oo Chris Tillman | | `- | ( -) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | *----------------"--"--------------------------------------------*
