Re: libapache-mod-perl install stuck in dpkg
Hi Nori,
please upgrade apache and libapache-mod-perl to the latest
versions. the one you are using has an error (if not more.. i can't
remember on the fly) in the postinst script that depends from another
bunch of bug fixes in apache-common.
Fabio
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> for some time now, whenever i apt-get install anything, dpkg has been
> trying to configure libapache-mod-perl, and failing. it'll present me
> with the config screen:
>
> Setting up libapache-mod-perl (1.28-1) ...
> Configuring
> ------------
>
> 1. mod_vhost_alias 22. mod_access 43. mod_auth_digest
> 2. mod_env 23. mod_auth 44. mod_auth_external
> 3. mod_log_config 24. mod_auth_anon 45. mod_auth_inst
> 4. mod_log_agent 25. mod_auth_dbm 46. mod_auth_system
> 5. mod_log_referer 26. mod_auth_db 47. mod_bandwidth
> 6. mod_mime_magic 27. libproxy 48. mod_cgisock
> 7. mod_mime 28. mod_digest 49. mod_disallow_id
> 8. mod_negotiation 29. mod_cern_meta 50. mod_eaccess
> 9. mod_status 30. mod_expires 51. mod_ip_forwarding
> 10. mod_info 31. mod_headers 52. mod_lock
> 11. mod_include 32. mod_usertrack 53. mod_macro
> 12. mod_autoindex 33. mod_unique_id 54. mod_peephole
> 13. mod_dir 34. mod_setenvif 55. mod_php4
> 14. mod_cgi 35. mod_auth_sys 56. mod_qs2ssi
> 15. mod_asis 36. mod_perl 57. mod_roaming
> 16. mod_imap 37. mod_put 58. mod_session
> 17. mod_actions 38. libcache 59. mod_ticket
> 18. mod_speling 39. mod_allowdev 60. mod_urlcount
> 19. mod_userdir 40. mod_auth_cache 61. mod_mp3
> 20. mod_alias 41. mod_auth_cookie_file
> 21. mod_rewrite 42. mod_auth_cookie
>
> (Enter the items you want to select, separated by spaces.)
>
> :-) Please select the modules that apache will load
>
>
> and then, no matter which modules i enter, i get the following error:
>
> expr: syntax error
> dpkg: error processing libapache-mod-perl (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> libapache-mod-perl
>
> i've tried apt-get removing this package, i've tried dpkg
> --configuring it ... nothing works.
>
> now i actually want libapache-mod-mp3, and its concomitant packages.
> i need libapache-mod-perl for this, if i read everything correctly ...
> and anyhow, i'd like to make it stop giving me this obnoxious error
> message every time i use apt.
>
> a friend suggested that this was a problem intergrating with my
> version of perl (i was running 5.8.1-2), and that i try installing the
> libapache-mod-perl in unstable instead. having done so, i'm now
> running perl 5.8.2-2, but libapache is still stuck in the confuigure
> queue somehow.
>
> any hints?
>
> thanks,
>
> </nori>
>
>
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