On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 04:28:17PM -0400, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: > Jim: > > I spoke too soon ( my machine is very slow: 66MHz ). I did get > the same error message as before when I tried what you suggested, > but it did not abort. It did install the debconf package and > now it seems to have completed preconfiguring the packages > and is now unpacking the various packages. It will probably > take the whole night. I am keeing my finger crossed. > > Thanks. > > Sebastian. > > > On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 01:33:37PM -0600, Jimmy Richards wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 03:23:00PM -0400, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: > > > Hi: > > > I am running the unstable Debian. I tried upgrading ( apt-get > > > update; apt-get dist-upgrade ) and it seems to abort somewhere > > > along the way with: > > > > > > Perl may be unconfigured ( can't modigy goto in lvalue subroutine > > > return at /usr/perl5/Debconf/Base.pm line 24, near "}" > > > Compilation failed in require at (eval 4) line 3 > > > .. propagated at /usr/share/perl/5.6.1/base.pm line 18. > > > BEGIN failed-- compilation aborted at > > > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Iterator.pm line 5 > > > ..... > > > > > > and ultimately it aborts. > > > > > > Any suggestions as to what to do next? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Sebastian > > > > > > -- > > > Sebastian Canagaratna > > > Department of Chemistry > > > Ohio Northern University > > > s-canagaratna@onu.edu > > > > > > > Hi Sebastian, > > > > Make sure you already have the newest version of 'debconf' installed. > > If necessary, download the debconf package and install it manually with > > dpkg -i <package> command. > > > > HTH, > > > > Jim Richards > > > > Hi Again, Ahh... cool! Glad it seems to be working. Just to let you know, in the future you should only make your replies to the debian-user mailing list, and not reply directly to an invidual's e-mail address unless they have requested it, as this annoys some folks. Doesn't bother me really though. Just an fyi. Have fun! Jim Richards > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
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