still having problems with "make release"

[Michael Sobolev <mss@transas.com>]

Hello,

It looks like I still canot create a set of boot floppies.  The log is below.
Please help.

Thanks,

--
Mike

./basedisks.sh /var/ftp/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386 2.2
I: checking for required packages from PACKAGES and PARTIAL_PACKAGES
I: extracting required packages (PACKAGES_all and PACKAGES_i386)
I: making base device list in /var/tmp/boot-floppies/base-tmp-24406/dev
I: pre-configuring base system in /var/tmp/boot-floppies/base-tmp-24406
I: configuring base-files base-passwd ldso
Selecting previously deselected package base-files.
(Reading database ... 
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `dpkg' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
0 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking base-files (from .../base/base-files_2.1.10.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package base-passwd.
Unpacking base-passwd (from .../base/base-passwd_3.1.5.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package ldso.
Unpacking ldso (from .../base/ldso_1.9.11-5.deb) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: cannot create temp file for here document: No such file or directory

Cannot uudecode ELF test program.  Make sure you have perl installed.
Aborting.

dpkg: error processing /var/ftp/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/base/ldso_1.9.11-5.deb (--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: base-passwd: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you request:
 base-passwd depends on libc6 (>= 2.1); however:
  Package libc6 is not installed.
Setting up base-passwd (3.1.5) ...
Checking if your system passwd, shadow and group files are correct...

dpkg: base-files: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you request:
 base-files depends on awk; however:
  Package awk is not installed.
Setting up base-files (2.1.10) ...
Installing /root/.profile from /usr/share/base-files/dot.profile ...
Installing /root/.bashrc from /usr/share/base-files/dot.bashrc ...
Creating /floppy directory ...
Creating /cdrom directory ...
Creating /initrd directory ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst: cannot create temp file for here document: No such file or directory

Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/ftp/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/base/ldso_1.9.11-5.deb
W: abort (1)
make[1]: *** [base2_2.tgz] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/mss/projects/debian/boot-floppies'
make: *** [build] Error 2