Bug#234706: can't remove libapache-mod-perl: "...invalid LoadModule entry"

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Subject: can't remove libapache-mod-perl: "...invalid LoadModule entry"
Package: libapache-mod-perl
Version: 1.29.0.1-5
Severity: important
Tags: sid

Getting tired of broken apache packages, and trying to cleanup
some multiple apache packages installed (apache, apache-perl,
apache-ssl, modules etc..) I just tried to remove apache and
everything which depends on it. Aptitude failed with such an
error and then I tried the command-line below.

Here is the output of trying to purge libapache-mod-perl:

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# dpkg --purge libapache-mod-perl
(Reading database ... 109651 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libapache-mod-perl ...
Error: 220mod_auth_curdir.info does not have a valid LoadModule entry.
Error: 240mod_auth_dbm_curdir.info does not have a valid LoadModule entry.
Error: 250mod_auth_db_curdir.info does not have a valid LoadModule entry.
Error: the above error list does not permit a safe use of modules-config.
Please refer to the documentation on how to fix it or report it to
Debian Apache Maling List <debian-apache@lists.debian.org> if in doubt
on how to proceed
dpkg: error processing libapache-mod-perl (--purge):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Error: 220mod_auth_curdir.info does not have a valid LoadModule entry.
Error: 240mod_auth_dbm_curdir.info does not have a valid LoadModule entry.
Error: 250mod_auth_db_curdir.info does not have a valid LoadModule entry.
Error: the above error list does not permit a safe use of modules-config.
Please refer to the documentation on how to fix it or report it to
Debian Apache Maling List <debian-apache@lists.debian.org> if in doubt
on how to proceed
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libapache-mod-perl
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Thanks.

--Amos

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.3-invercargil
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages libapache-mod-perl depends on:
ii  apache-common               1.3.29.0.1-5 Support files for all Apache webse
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libdevel-symdump-perl       2.03-3       Perl module for inspecting perl's
ii  libperl5.8                  5.8.3-2      Shared Perl library.
ii  liburi-perl                 1.30-1       Manipulates and accesses URI strin
ii  libwww-perl                 5.76-2       WWW client/server library for Perl
ii  perl [libmime-base64-perl]  5.8.3-2      Larry Wall's Practical Extraction

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