debconf errors

["Jonathan D. Proulx" <jon@ai.mit.edu>]

Hi,

upgrade of debconf (woody) is choking with:

Setting up debconf (0.5.20) ...
Use of reserved word "our" is deprecated at
/usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Gettext.pm line 18.

<snip related stuff>

Global symbol "@ISA" requires explicit package name at
/usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Gettext.pm line 18.
syntax error at /usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Gettext.pm line 18, near "our
@ISA"
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at
/usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Gettext.pm line 18.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
/usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line
22.
dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure):


quick search of debian.org didn't turn up anything, is this know, is
there a fix, should I submit a bug, or am I just missing something?

TIA,
-Jon