Upgrading perl problem

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

I would like to install/upgrade the fvwmconf package but cannot because of
an apt-get error regarding the perl package. What should I do?

When downloading fvwmconf, several perl packages are also downloaded. During
the configuration state, the error I get is this:

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

What should I do? Is it a good thing that this stopped me, or should I
override this? And if so, how do I override this?

Thanks.
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David J. Kanter
djkanter@nwu.edu
Debian 2.1