Bug#64855: apt: Internal error re. perl while upgrading to potato from slink
Package: apt
Version: 0.3.19
I got this while upgrading from slink to potato. I started the ugprade
with the slink version of apt, but I've upgraded since then and have
done apt update.
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libstdc++2.9* ncurses3.4* perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apt-move bc debconf dpkg-dev finger freetype2 ftp libbz2 libgmp2 libpam-modules libpam-runtime
libpam0g libpcre2 libpng2 libpopt0 libreadline4 libsnmp-session-perl libssl09 logrotate nfs-common
ntp ntpdate perl-5.005 perl-5.005-base pidentd rdate rwho rwhod ssh-nonfree tftpd traceroute whois
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
libstdc++2.9 (due to dpkg)
108 packages upgraded, 32 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/33.3MB of archives. After unpacking 28.9MB will be used.
You are about to do something potentially harmful
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, I understand this may be bad'
?] Yes, I understand this may be bad
E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential package perl-base due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad, but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option.
E: Internal Error, Could not early remove perl-base
Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the
packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors
or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors
above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again
Press enter to continue.
-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Kernel Version: Linux goliath 2.2.15 #1 Sat May 27 15:08:26 EST 2000 i586 unknown
Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.3-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libc6 2.1.3-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libstdc++2.10 2.95.2-10 The GNU stdc++ library
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