kernel-package and perl, without perl package
I'd like to continue to have a working perl binary without installing
the full package; disk space is a big issue. The base set of 0.93 gave
me perl 5.001m as /usr/bin/perl (and /bin/perl symlinked to it). To
dpkg it's orphaned; and I can't dig up an old Contents file now to see
if any old package 'fesses up. All of the 'base' packages on my system
are current, but I still have that a.out perl and nothing more recent.
This has become a foreground issue since kernel-package requires perl
5.002. Do I have to install the whole perl package, or can I get a
no-frills, dpkg-recognized 5.002 binary? (and then force-depends
kernel-package? Or can I just force it now? I'm presuming Manoj had
his reasons.)
Does everybody else just have the perl package installed? :-)
--
Ed Donovan edonovan@world.std.com
PS - Repeat question, sorry; in May this was part of a long
letter, but slipped through the cracks.
PPS - Congratulations, Bruce and everybody, on Debian 1.1. Thanks.
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