Package: console-common Version: 0.7.80 Migrating an ia64 Etch system to Lenny revealed a problem upgrading console-common. I removed console-common and am unable to reinstall it due to an apparent error in the preinst script.
prometheus:~# dpkg -i /media/cdrom/pool/main/c/console-common/console-common_0.7.80_all.deb (Reading database ... 138832 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking console-common (from .../console-common_0.7.80_all.deb) ... /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 16: /usr/local/bin/perl: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing /media/cdrom/pool/main/c/console-common/console-common_0.7.80_all.deb (--install): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /media/cdrom/pool/main/c/console-common/console-common_0.7.80_all.deb prometheus:~# uname -a Linux prometheus 2.6.26-1-mckinley #1 SMP Sat Jan 10 19:19:15 UTC 2009 ia64 GNU/Linux prometheus:~# dpkg -s libc6.1 Package: libc6.1 Status: install ok installed Priority: required Section: libs Installed-Size: 15604 Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-gl...@lists.debian.org> Architecture: ia64 Source: glibc Version: 2.7-18 Provides: glibc-2.7-1 Depends: libgcc1 Suggests: locales, glibc-doc Conflicts: libterm-readline-gnu-perl (<< 1.15-2), tzdata (<< 2007k-1), tzdata-etch Conffiles: /etc/init.d/glibc.sh ce55541f2b38719f6eba57abe9f23603 /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ia64-linux-gnu.conf 398e4dc8e26d249370987dbf396f2177 /etc/ld.so.conf.d/libc.conf d4d833fd095fb7b90e1bb4a547f16de6 /etc/gai.conf bdd4cc328b946a52cc1424ef3dfa9321 /etc/bindresvport.blacklist db84c47f31f8d5a334a4053d8368e902 Description: GNU C Library: Shared libraries Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and the standard math library, as well as many others. prometheus:~# dpkg -s perl Package: perl Status: install ok installed Priority: standard Section: perl Installed-Size: 20684 Maintainer: Brendan O'Dea <b...@debian.org> Architecture: ia64 Version: 5.10.0-19 Replaces: libarchive-tar-perl (<= 1.38-2), libdigest-md5-perl, libdigest-sha-perl, libmime-base64-perl, libmodule-corelist-perl (<< 2.14-2), libstorable-perl, libtime-hires-perl, libtime-piece-perl, perl-base (<< 5.8.8-1), perl-doc (<<5.8.0-1), perl-modules (<< 5.8.1-1) Provides: data-dumper, libdigest-md5-perl, libdigest-sha-perl, libmime-base64-perl, libstorable-perl, libtime-hires-perl, libtime-piece-perl, perl5 Depends: perl-base (= 5.10.0-19), perl-modules (>= 5.10.0-19), libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1), libdb4.6, libgdbm3 Recommends: netbase Suggests: perl-doc, libterm-readline-gnu-perl | libterm-readline-perl-perl Conflicts: libdigest-md5-perl (<< 3.07-1), libdigest-sha-perl (<< 5.45-1), libmime-base64-perl (<< 3.07-1), libstorable-perl (<< 2.15-1), libtime-hires-perl (<< 1.86-1), libtime-piece-perl (<< 1.12-1), perl-doc (<< 5.10.0-1) Description: Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language An interpreted scripting language, known among some as "Unix's Swiss Army Chainsaw". . Perl is optimised for scanning arbitrary text files and system administration. It has built-in extended regular expression matching and replacement, a data-flow mechanism to improve security with setuid scripts and is extensible via modules that can interface to C libraries. This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipients and may contain proprietary and/or confidential information which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipients, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy the original message and any copies of the message as well as any attachments to the original message. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org