Summary of problem: ------------------ Installation of the current (bo/1.3) "man" package fails. In particular, with a fresh install of Debian 1.3, both
dpkg -i man-db_2.3.10-38.deb and dpkg -i man-db_2.3.10-39.deb yield failed configuration due to failure of /usr/sbin/chmanconfig. Problem details: --------------- The output of 'dpkg -i man-db_2.3.10-39.deb' ends with: ... Manual page hierarchy: /usr/X11R6/man Cat page hierarchy: /var/catman/X11R6 Cat sections: cat1 cat3 cat5 install /var/catman/X11R6/cat1 /var/catman/X11R6/cat3 /var/catman/X11R6/cat5 Checking for languages ... de_DECan't locate Getopt/Long.pm in @INC at /usr/sbin/chmanconfig line 38. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/chmanconfig line 38. dpkg: error processing man-db (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: man-db I find no mention of this on the user mailing list archives of May or June. All ideas and suggestions are welcome. Thank you. John -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .