On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 04:11:10PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Ed Greenberg wrote: > > I seem to have broken dpkg (or something :) by reinstalling Perl 5.6.1 from > > source. > > > > When trying to install a package I get: debconf: Perl may be unconfigured > > (Can't locate Debian/DebConf/ConfigDb.pm > > The perl that you built from source does not have the full @INC path that > is built into debian's perl, so most debian packages will probably not > work. In other words, you've screwed your system.
For exactly this reason, if you decide you want to try out a different version of Perl, you should always install it in /usr/local. That directory is reserved for local modifications. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
