Bug#59821: base_2.2.tgz contains improper perl installation (debconf fails)

[Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>]

Florian Lohoff <flo@rfc822.org> writes:

> after installing from the unoff kando iso images from 3rd March and tasksel
> the apt-get afterwards fetches files and then fails to begin installation
> due to an incomplete perl5 installation i suppose
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> [...]
> Get:216 http://debian.rfc822.org potato/main libgnorba27 1.0.55-2 [44.4kB]
> Get:217 http://debian.rfc822.org potato/main gnome-panel-data 1.0.55-1 [541kB]
> Get:218 http://debian.rfc822.org potato/main gnome-stones 1.0.51-6 [127kB]
> Get:219 http://debian.rfc822.org potato/main liblockfile1 1.01 [11.1kB]
> Get:220 http://debian.rfc822.org potato/main build-essential 2 [4022B]
> Get:221 http://debian.rfc822.org potato/main libungif3g 3.0-2.4 [22.0kB]
> Fetched 77.1MB in 1m38s (783kB/s)
> debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Can't locate Getopt/Long.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5 .) at (eval 1) line 3.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 3.
> ) -- aborting
> E: Write error - write (32 Broken pipe)
> E: Failure running script dpkg-preconfigure --apt

Uh - has this been fixed in 2.2.8 ?

Something is using Getopt/Long.pm which isnt' in perl-base but rather
full perl but no depending on it properly?  Debconf problem?

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