Package: perl-base Version: 5.10.0-19lenny2 Severity: critical Justification: breaks unrelated software
During upgrade using aptitude: Can't locate POSIX.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 10. Install of packages eventually fails (env56) vmwprx1:~# dpkg -S POSIX.pm perl-base: /usr/lib/perl/5.10.0/POSIX.pm (env56) vmwprx1:~# ls -l /usr/lib/perl/5.10.0/POSIX.pm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2057 Aug 29 08:45 /usr/lib/perl/5.10.0/POSIX.pm (env56) vmwprx1:~# perl -e "print join ' ', @INC; print \"\n\"" /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl . The workaround: (env56) vmwprx1:/usr/lib/perl# ls 5.10 5.10.0 (env56) vmwprx1:/usr/lib/perl# ls -asl total 24 4 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb 5 14:39 . 12 drwxr-xr-x 46 root root 12288 Feb 5 14:39 .. 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 19 12:20 5.10 4 drwxr-xr-x 32 root root 4096 Feb 5 14:39 5.10.0 (env56) vmwprx1:/usr/lib/perl# rmdir 5.10 (env56) vmwprx1:/usr/lib/perl# ln -s 5.10.0/ 5.10 (env56) vmwprx1:/usr/lib/perl# NOTE: the 5.10 directory was completely empty when I rmdir'd it. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-xen-vserver-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages perl-base depends on: ii dpkg 1.14.28 Debian package management system ii libc6 2.7-18lenny2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries perl-base recommends no packages. Versions of packages perl-base suggests: ii perl 5.10.0-19lenny2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
