Bug#85124: cvs depends on debconf which depends on (broken) perl 5.6

[Peter Chubb <peterc@aurema.com>]

Package: install
Version: Woody

I tried to install cvs on my laptop using apt-get cvs

apt-get also installed debconf and perl-5.6-base


perl-5.6-base seems to have broken a number of things.

As remedial action, I:
   -- removed perl-5.6-base
   -- fixed the links from /usr/bin/perl to /etc/alternatives/perl 
      to /usr/bin/perl5.005
   -- deinstalled cvs and debconf; reinstalled debconf-tiny

I can no longer configure anything at all.

In particular, even after deinstalling perl-5.6-base and debconf in
favour of debconf-tiny, I now see:

...
Setting up debconf-tiny (0.2.80.14) ...
Can't locate object method "value" via package "Debconf::Question" at
/usr/lib/perl5/Debian/Debconf/Config.pm line 37


Peter C