Perl problem with fvwmconf

["David J. Kanter" <djkanter@nwu.edu>]

With apt-get, I updated fvwm. But when it came to fvwmconf, I got this error
message:

E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential
package perl-base due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad,
but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option.
E: Internal Error, Could not early remove perl-base

My questions are:

1. Should I proceed anyway? Some perl packages were downloaded with the
fvwmconf files.

2. How do I run APT::Force-LoopBreak option?

Thanks.

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David J. Kanter
djkanter@nwu.edu
Debian 2.1