Re: installing perl 5.6.1-5

[Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 04:32:46PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> ultra:~/build/perl# dpkg -i --auto-deconfigure perl-base_5.6.1-5_sparc.deb perl_5.6.1-5_sparc.deb
> dpkg: considering removing perl-5.004-base in favour of perl-base ...
> dpkg: yes, will remove perl-5.004-base in favour of perl-base.
> dpkg: considering removing perl-5.005-base in favour of perl-base ...
> dpkg: yes, will remove perl-5.005-base in favour of perl-base.
> dpkg: /root/dpkg-2.6.15/main/archives.c:601: check_conflict: Assertion
> `fixbyrm->clientdata->istobe == itb_normal' failed.
> Aborted
> ultra:~/build/perl#
> 
> This suggests that I need a newer dpkg, but I am not ready to pull the
> rest of this system up to unstable.

So don't. Recompile new dpkg and install it, it's supposed to be much better
than the potato version.

Of course, you still don't know the dpkg upgrade would really fix that bug. :)

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