On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 08:40:05PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > muse:~# dpkg -i ~dlc/Desktop/Downloads/perl*.deb > > (Reading database ... 191117 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to replace perl-base 5.8.8-12 (using > > .../perl-base_5.10.0-13_i386.deb) ... > > Unpacking replacement perl-base ... > > Setting up perl-base (5.10.0-13) ... > > muse:~# dpkg --configure perl perl-modules perl-doc > > Setting up perl-modules (5.10.0-13) ... > > Setting up perl (5.10.0-13) ... > > /usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: > > /usr/lib/perl5/auto/Locale/gettext/gettext.so: undefined symbol: > > Perl_Tstack_sp_ptr > > dpkg: error processing perl (--configure): > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 > > Ah $#%&!, now perl cannot be configured because some of the old modules > don't work anymore and the modules cannot be upgraded because perl is > not configured. You will have to break this tie manually: > > dpkg -S /usr/lib/perl5/auto/Locale/gettext/gettext.so > > will tell you that this file belongs to package liblocale-gettext-perl. > Therefore you have to download the new version of this package (or look > for it in /var/cache/apt/archives/) and install it with: > > dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/liblocale-gettext-perl_1.05-4_*.deb > > If dpkg cannot install this package due to unresolved dependencies then > you have to chase down the corresponding packages yourself, or you can > try to use force (preferably only as a last resort): > > dpkg --force-depends -i > /var/cache/apt/archives/liblocale-gettext-perl_1.05-4_*.deb > > After you have done that, try > > dpkg --configure perl perl-modules perl-doc > > again. If other modules cause problems then you have to repeat the above > procedure for more packages until perl can be configured. > muse:~# dpkg -S /usr/lib/perl5/auto/Locale/gettext/gettext.so liblocale-gettext-perl: /usr/lib/perl5/auto/Locale/gettext/gettext.so muse:~# ls -FaC /var/cache/apt/archives/liblocale-gettext-perl_*.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/liblocale-gettext-perl_1.05-4_i386.deb muse:~# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/liblocale-gettext-perl_1.05-4_*.deb (Reading database ... 191566 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace liblocale-gettext-perl 1.05-3 (using .../liblocale-gettext-perl_1.05-4_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement liblocale-gettext-perl ... Setting up liblocale-gettext-perl (1.05-4) ... muse:~# dpkg --configure perl perl-modules perl-doc Setting up perl (5.10.0-13) ... dpkg: error processing perl-modules (--configure): package perl-modules is already installed and configured Setting up perl-doc (5.10.0-13) ... Errors were encountered while processing: perl-modules muse:~# dpkg -l perl\* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | 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 +++-=============================-=============================-========================================================================== ii perl 5.10.0-13 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language un perl-5.004 <none> (no description available) un perl-5.004-debug <none> (no description available) un perl-5.004-suid <none> (no description available) un perl-5.005 <none> (no description available) un perl-5.005-debug <none> (no description available) un perl-5.005-suid <none> (no description available) un perl-5.6 <none> (no description available) un perl-5.6-debug <none> (no description available) un perl-5.6-suid <none> (no description available) ii perl-base 5.10.0-13 minimal Perl system pn perl-byacc <none> (no description available) un perl-clearsilver <none> (no description available) un perl-curses <none> (no description available) pn perl-debug <none> (no description available) ii perl-doc 5.10.0-13 Perl documentation pn perl-ifeffit <none> (no description available) pn perl-mapscript <none> (no description available) ii perl-modules 5.10.0-13 Core Perl modules pn perl-suid <none> (no description available) ii perl-tk 1:804.028-1 Perl module providing the Tk graphics library un perl5 <none> (no description available) un perl5-base <none> (no description available) un perlapi-5.10.0 <none> (no description available) un perlapi-5.8.0 <none> (no description available) un perlapi-5.8.2 <none> (no description available) un perlapi-5.8.3 <none> (no description available) un perlapi-5.8.4 <none> (no description available) un perlapi-5.8.7 <none> (no description available) un perlapi-5.8.8 <none> (no description available) pn perlindex <none> (no description available) ii perlmagick 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-2 Perl interface to the libMagick graphics routines un perlmenu <none> (no description available) pn perlpanel <none> (no description available) pn perlprimer <none> (no description available) pn perlprimer-doc <none> (no description available) pn perlsgml <none> (no description available) pn perltidy <none> (no description available) muse:~#
Back to the dist-upgrade. Thanks much for your superb assistance! -- May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave Craig - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "'So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.'" --from _Nightfall_ by Asimov/Silverberg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
