Re: perl borken?

[Xerxes Rånby <xerxes@zafena.se>]

Hi and Yikes!
No ideas.
Wanted to inform you that I have got the same perl errors on my sid 
aranym dev machines when upgraded perl. So you are not alone.
Have you found a cure for your machine?

Do you know if perl works on a fresh install of sid?

Cheers
Xerxes

Stephen R Marenka skrev:
> Just updating some buildd sid chroots and I got this on this 
> fine morning.
>
> | Setting up perl-base (5.10.0-16) ...
> | (Reading database ... 9205 files and directories currently installed.)
> | Preparing to replace tzdata 2008g-1 (using .../tzdata_2008h-1_all.deb) ...
> | Unpacking replacement tzdata ...
> | Setting up tzdata (2008h-1) ...
> | panic: memory wrap at /usr/share/perl/5.10/strict.pm line 6.
> | Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 5.
> | BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 5.
> | dpkg: error processing tzdata (--configure):
> |  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
> | Setting up perl (5.10.0-16) ...
> | panic: memory wrap at /usr/share/perl/5.10/strict.pm line 6.
> | Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 7.
> | BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 7.
> | dpkg: error processing perl (--configure):
> |  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
> | Errors were encountered while processing:
> |  tzdata
> |  perl
> | E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> Yikes! Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephen
>
>