On Wed, Jan 09, 2019 at 04:17:32PM -0800, Dima Kogan wrote:
> Package: debconf
> Version: 1.5.69
> Severity: serious
>
> Hi.
>
> I'm running a mostly-up-to-date Debian/sid system. I just tried updating
> it, and it barf at me when I ask it to update debconf:
>...
> The punchline is at the end. I haven't tried to figure out what this
> loop means, and I haven't attempted the setting suggested by the error
> message, since it sounds like it could break something. This probably
> shouldn't be happening. I'm attaching the output of 'dpkg -l'.
ii perl 5.20.1-1 amd64
Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language
ii perl-base 5.20.1-1 amd64
minimal Perl system
ri perl-modules 5.20.1-1 all
Core Perl modules
There are packages from unstable at some point between wheezy and jessie.
debconf 1.5.59 was pre-stretch unstable.
Are you somehow pinning/holding ancient packages on your system?
> Thanks!
cu
Adrian
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of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
"Only a promise," Lao Er said.
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