Re: apt-get dist-upgrade = broken/unremoveable packages

[Geordie Birch <geordie@tao.ca>]

said Holger Mense, on Feb 2,

> On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Geordie Birch wrote:
>
> >
> > apt-get dist-upgrade from woody to sid has left my system with a bunch of
> > packages that are broken and unremoveable; no combination of apt-get -f
> [...]
> > # apt-get -fuy dist-upgrade
> [...]
> > Preparing to replace groff 1.16-3 (using .../groff_1.16-3.2_i386.deb)
> > ... Unpacking replacement groff ... Can't locate warnings.pm in @INC
> > (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/i386-linux
> > /usr/lib/perl5/5.6 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux
> > /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux
> > /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 .) at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/warnings/register.pm
> > line 3. Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/vars.pm
> > line 11.
> [...]
>
> I guess your perl setup is broken. Do an apt-get install perl-5.6-base,
> than apt-get install debconf. After that all your problems should be
> solved.
>

yeah - apt-get install perl-5.6 solved all my problems (perl-5.6-base and
debconf were already installed and unremoveable.)

question: why didn't perl-5.6 come with apt-get dist-upgrade (i was able
to duplicate this weirdness 4 times.)

thanks, geordie.