On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 05:36:14AM +0000, Lazarus Long wrote: > Is this the right place to ask for multiple NMUs? The following is > the tail end of apt-get -f install. I'm trying desperately to get a > box in working order before an extended period of forced offline-ness > (whether that's a word or not) and most of the problem here is due to > bugs reported an extended period ago. Since the maintainers don't seem > to care, I'm hoping to solve the problems via an alternative route, > since I no longer have the luxury of unlimited patience. > > Errors were encountered while processing: > perl-5.005 > libgtk-perl > perl-5.005-suid > premail > libcurses-perl > libcompress-zlib-perl > perlmenu Setting up perl-5.005 (5.005.03-4) ... Checking available versions of perl.1p.gz, updating links in /etc/alternatives ... (You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.) Renaming perl.1p.gz link from /usr/man/man1/perl.1p.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/perl.1p.gz. update-alternatives: unable to rename /usr/man/man1/perl.1p.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/perl.1p.gz: Invalid cross-device link dpkg: error processing perl-5.005 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgtk-perl: libgtk-perl depends on perl-5.005; however: Package perl-5.005 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libgtk-perl (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl-5.005-suid: perl-5.005-suid depends on perl-5.005 (= 5.005.03-4); however: Package perl-5.005 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing perl-5.005-suid (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of premail: premail depends on libgtk-perl; however: Package libgtk-perl is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing premail (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libcurses-perl: libcurses-perl depends on perl-5.005; however: Package perl-5.005 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libcurses-perl (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libcompress-zlib-perl: libcompress-zlib-perl depends on perl-5.005; however: Package perl-5.005 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libcompress-zlib-perl (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perlmenu: perlmenu depends on libcurses-perl; however: Package libcurses-perl is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing perlmenu (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > following messages. I'm also not on the list at present due to that > imminent "offlineedness" so cc's to lazarus@overdue.dhis.org would > be appreciated. -- Please encrypt all mail whenever possible. The following Public Keys for Lazarus Long <lazarus@overdue.dhis.org> are available upon request: Type Bits/KeyID Fingerprint (GnuPG (GPG) is preferred.) GPG/ELG: 2048g/CFACB34D FB64 906E 2F8A 14DF 9A98 C8BD 53F6 71FC 91D4 8329 GPG/DSA: 1024D/91D48329 (none for DSA keys)
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