Re: Apt, Debconf, and Perl.

[csj <csj@mindgate.net>]

On Monday 19 March 2001 23:35, Ray Percival wrote:
> Does anyone know how to fix this. I have tried a reinstall of
> deboconf and it did not work. Once again thanks.
>
> Can't locate Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> /usr/local/lib/perl/5.6.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.6.0
> /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5
> /usr/lib/perl/5.6.0 /usr/share/perl/5.6.0
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux .) at
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libpaperg.config line 3.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libpaperg.config line 3.
>         (in cleanup) Can't call method "close" on an undefined
> value at
> /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/ConfModule.pm line 476 during global
> destruction.
> dpkg: error processing libpaperg (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  libpaperg
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

A hack:

Install libpaperg as usual (if you have somehow uninstalled it in 
frustration). Then edit file "/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpaperg.config" to 
make the first four lines resemble the following:
 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
#use Debconf::Client::ConfModule qw(:all);
use Debian::DebConf::Client::ConfModule qw(:all);

In other words, comment out the following line (just to be on the 
safe side as rule I don't delete)

use Debconf::Client::ConfModule qw(:all);

And replace, adding the "Debian::", with

use Debian::DebConf::Client::ConfModule qw(:all);

Rerun the install, say by something like "apt-get -f install" or its 
dpkg equivalent.