From: Yang Shouxun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > How can I update my system to Perl 5.6.0-20? Perl-5.005 was installed. > There is an evil dependency circularity that prevents me from upgrading > the system: debconf depends on perl-5.005 and the like.
It's a bloody annoyace to do so, and pretty awkward. However I did it (on potato) like this: Leave old perl 5.005 in place. Obtain perl 5.6.0 source (actually 5.6.1 has been released in the last few days IIRC), and compile: sh Configure -de make make test make install When asked if you want to update the /usr/bin/perl link, choose "no". Now you should have two versions of perl on the system. perl --version should give you 5.6.0 /usr/bin/perl --version should give you 5.005 You need to keep /usr/bin/perl as 5.005 otherwise debconf breaks. However /usr/bin/perl is just a symlink to /etc/alternatives/perl, so if you're compiling a program which expects /usr/bin/perl to be 5.6, you can symlink /usr/bin/perl to the perl5.6 binary (sorry, can't remember where it's located), and change it back to 5.005 when you've compiled the program. HTH, CH
