When I do "dpkg -l 'perl*'" I get the following (abbreviated): Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ pn perl <none> (no description available) pn perl-5.004 <none> (no description available) pn perl-5.004-bas <none> (no description available) pn perl-5.004-deb <none> (no description available) pn perl-5.004-doc <none> (no description available) pn perl-5.004-sui <none> (no description available) ii perl-5.005 5.005.03-4 Larry Wall's Practical Extracting and Report ii perl-5.005-bas 5.005.03-4 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister pn perl-5.005-deb <none> (no description available) ii perl-5.005-doc 5.005.03-4 Man pages and pod docs for Perl ii perl-5.005-sui 5.005.03-4 Runs setuid Perl scripts. pn perl-5.005-thr <none> (no description available) ii perl-base 5.004.05-1 Fake package assuring that one of the -base
I also just did "apt-get update perl-base" prior to this. I'm a little confused why perl-base is "5.004" instead of "5.005". Initially I thought it was an obsolete package, replaced by the "perl-5.005.base" one, but if I do a "dpkg --purge perl-base" it won't let me, saying this package is essential. Can anyone enlighten me on what's going on? Thanks. Confusedly yours, -- Maciej Kalisiak | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~mac [McQ] PGP->finger|www; (0x39AC36F5) 9F BB 9E 11 F0 1E 5D 20 0B 31 3D 37 47 D0 67 C7 GE/CS d- s++:+ a- C++(+++) ULAI++ P+++ L+++ E+++ W++ N- o? K? !w--- O- M- V-- PS PE+ Y+ PGP+ t+ 5 !X-- R+ tv-- b+>++++ DI+ G+ e>+++>++++(*) h--- r+++ y?
