On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Fred Yankowski wrote: > Bob Nielsen writes: > > After yesterdays package updates, I get the following error messages: > > > > Preparing to replace netstd 3.07-4 (using netstd_3.07-5.deb) ... > > Can't locate DebianNet.pm in @INC (@INC contains: > > /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.005 /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 > > /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at > > /usr/sbin/update-inetd line 23. > > Here is one workaround, based on a debian-user post that I found in > the archives. As root, do this: > > cd /usr/local/lib > mv site_perl site_perl.SAVE > ln -s /usr/lib/perl5 site_perl > > Now try the installation/upgrade again. > > This works because the update-inetd perl script requires the DebianNet > module, which exists at /usr/lib/perl5/DebianNet.pm. Unfortunately, > /usr/lib/perl5 is not in the built-in perl module search path. > Creating the symbolic link as above causes /usr/local/lib/site_perl, > which is in the path, to stand in for /usr/lib/perl5. Of course, this > will hide anything that you actually had in your local > /usr/local/lib/site_perl directory. Remember to undo this kluge when > it is no longer needed. You might want to undo it as soon as the > problematic netstd upgrade works correctly. > > This bug is going to cost hundreds of hours of wasted time across all > Debian users, I'm sure of it. The problem has been known for some > time -- could the responsible package owners (I can't figure out which > package is to blame) please get us a fix!
I copied DebianNet.pm and the Dpkg directory from /usr/lib/perl5 to /usr/local/lib/site_perl, which accomplished the same thing without affecting anything else in /usr/lib/site_perl (it was empty, by the way). I received another message which said that perl 5.005 had been downgraded to 5.004 in slink which fixed all of this. I assume that there were other problems with 5.005, as adding /usr/lib/perl5 to the @INC path wouldn't appear to be that difficult (unless I am missing something). tetex-bin still doesn't install, so there appears to be a different problem there. I'm downgrading to perl 5.004 in any case. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
