Adriano Nagelschmidt Rodrigues wrote: > Same problem here. After trying to install it with dpkg, I runned the postinst > script manually with the 'configure' parameter. Then I edited the > /var/lib/dpkg/status file, in the perl package section changed the line > > install ok not-configured > > to > > install ok installed > > and deleted the line which read > > configured version: previous_package_version_here (or something like that) > > This kludge fooled dpkg into thinking that perl was ok (and I think it really > is ok, haven't had any problems) and I could move on to the other packages. > > My excuse for doing it is that I don't know deb package internals and didn't > have the previous libc6 perl pack. anymore. >
Thanks for the reply. Knew I couldn't be the only one. I surmised that the install was OK as well, however just to be on the safe side I downgraded. I think I'll try the same route you have, thanks for the advice. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
