On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 01:21:07AM -0700, David L. Anselmi wrote: > I'm trying to upgrade a testing machine but the upgrade failed around > perl-base. Now any dpkg commands I try seem to fail because > /usr/bin/perl segfaults. > > How can I fix perl if I can't use dpkg? > > Here is the output from aptitude around the first failure: > >> Preparing to replace perl 5.10.0-18 (using .../perl_5.10.0-19_i386.deb) ... >> Unpacking replacement perl ... >> Preparing to replace perl-base 5.10.0-18 (using >> .../perl-base_5.10.0-19_i386.deb) ... >> Unpacking replacement perl-base ... >> Processing triggers for man-db ... >> syntax error at -e line 1, near "3];" >> syntax error at -e line 1, near "2];" >> Missing right curly or square bracket at -e line 2, at end of line >> Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
Those errors seem to come from the man-db trigger. Which is in /var/lib/dpkg/info/man-db.postinst and runs a perl scriptlet. >> Setting up perl-base (5.10.0-19) ... > > It seems that the old /usr/bin/perl is still there so perhaps the > segfaults are because of library upgrades (libc6 was upgraded earlier in > the process). How do you see that the old perl is still there? > > I tried reverting libc6 (2.7-18 to 2.7-16). It seems odd that versions > that close would cause problems. Reverting didn't work because dpkg > segfaults: > >> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-16_i386.deb >> (--install): >> subprocess pre-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault) > > Though libc6.preinst doesn't use perl. Either I'm misunderstanding or > the problem is more general. > > Of course the above syntax errors (in man-db.postinst) don't really seem > to be errors. And another system (similar but with many more packages) > upgraded cleanly. So I'm at a loss why things would fail in the first > place. > > Thanks! > Dave > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
