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Re: FWD: Re: ugh... erectile dysfunction (new errors)



From: Aaron Solochek <leko@cmu.edu>
    Aaron> However, could this be a problem?

    Aaron> leko:/home/aarons#update-alternatives --config perl

    Aaron> There is only 1 program which provides perl
    Aaron> (/usr/bin/perl-5.005). Nothing to configure.

    Aaron> leko:/home/aarons#apt-get install perl-5.6 Reading Package
    Aaron> Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Sorry,
    Aaron> perl-5.6 is already the newest version

/usr/bin/perl should *not* be an alternative as of perl-5.6.0

  rabbit% ls -l /usr/bin/perl
  -rwxr-xr-x    3 root     root       684964 Dec  4 00:17 /usr/bin/perl
  rabbit% /usr/bin/perl -v

  This is perl, v5.6.0 built for i386-linux

The fix is

  rm /usr/bin/perl /etc/alternatives/perl /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/perl
  ln /usr/bin/perl5.6.0 /usr/bin/perl

That does not make this any less a perl bug. :/

-- 
Stephen

"So.. if she weighs the same as a duck.. she's made of wood."  "And
therefore?"  "A witch!"



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