On Mon, 01 Jul 2024 09:53:56 -0400, Dale wrote: > > Wols Lists wrote: > > On 01/07/2024 11:34, Michael wrote: > >>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > >> Whenever I have a problem involving perl I first run: > >> > >> /usr/bin/perl-cleaner --reallyall > >> > >> I don't know if it will fix your problem, but it won't hurt trying > >> this first. > > > > Yup. I discovered this. A lot of perl stuff doesn't seem to get > > updated in the normal course of updates, and all of a sudden perl > > itself gets wedged. > > > > Bear in mind large chunks of Perl are downloaded from CPAN, and the > > eco-system is designed to upgrade them from inside Perl itself, you > > can see how things go wrong ... > > > > Cheers, > > Wol > > > > > > > I seem to recall having to run that during that upgrade as well. It > reinstalled a lot of packages but it worked. It's worth trying for sure. >
But don't you do that after the upgrade -- I can't even start the upgrade, so how would perl-cleaner help? -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una cov...@ccs.covici.com