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/usr/bin/perl.dist vs /usr/bin/perl



So,
  Does anyone know why perl is designed to install as /usr/bin/perl.dist
and then move that to /usr/bin/perl in the postinst?  It is breaking
things during upgrade on removal of the update-alternatives.

I inherited Perl this way back in November of 1995 and I suspect that
dpkg will be able to handle this better now.

I'm off to test this on some systems and find out if I can break it.
Please advise if this is a problem...

Darren 
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