Re: Depends: perl but it is not installable
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 08:38:08 -0500, Michael Marsh
<michael.a.marsh@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:38:51 +0100, Jacob Friis Larsen
> <webcom.dk@gmail.com> wrote:
> > # apt-cache policy perl
> > perl:
> > Installed: (none)
> > Candidate: (none)
> > Package Pin: (not found)
> > Version Table:
> > 5.8.4-6 1000
> > 600 http://mirrors.sunsite.dk sarge/main Packages
> > 500 http://mirrors.sunsite.dk sid/main Packages
> [...]
> > # apt-get install perl
> > Reading Package Lists... Done
> > Building Dependency Tree... Done
> > Package perl is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> > is only available from another source
> > However the following packages replace it:
> > perl-base libcgi-perl
> > E: Package perl has no installation candidate
>
> That's very strange (as is the behavior of your other system). Have
> you tried another "apt-get update" to see if there was some "oops" in
> the package lists that has since been fixed?
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages definitely lists perl as
> existing in testing. I'm running unstable, and perl is present there.
> Since you've got both distributions available, that one should at
> least be picked up.
>
> You might also try "apt-get -t testing install perl". At some point
# apt-get -t testing install perl
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package perl is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
perl-base libcgi-perl
E: Package perl has no installation candidate
> you'll probably also want to run "apt-get -f install".
# apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Here's my /etc/apt files:
# cat /etc/apt/preferences
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 600
Explanation: Pinned by apt-listbugs at Sun Jan 23 17:36:00 CET 2005
Explanation: #288728: postfix gives up with warning: no MX host for
xxxx.com has a valid A record
Explanation: #290855: Upgrade from Postfix 2.1.4-5 to 2.1.5-4 fails #2
Explanation: #291031: postfix: Upgrade from Postfix 2.1.4-5 to
2.1.5-4 fails #3
Package: postfix
Pin: version 2.1.4-5
Pin-Priority: 1000
Explanation: Pinned by apt-listbugs at Fri Feb 11 13:51:59 CET 2005
Explanation: #294172: strace - builds no s390 binary
Package: strace
Pin: version 4.5.5-1
Pin-Priority: 1000
Explanation: Pinned by apt-listbugs at Fri Feb 11 13:51:59 CET 2005
Explanation: #293910: malformed HTTP header attacks (CAN-2005-0174)
Explanation: #294431: Installation error on machines lacking a FQDN
Package: squid
Pin: version 2.5.7-5
Pin-Priority: 1000
Explanation: Pinned by apt-listbugs at Fri Feb 11 13:51:59 CET 2005
Explanation: #293317: perl: Vulnerable to CAN-2005-015[56]
Explanation: #293423: security bugs (perlsuid & PERLIO_DEBUG:
CAN-2005-0155, CAN-2005-0156)
Package: perl
Pin: version 5.8.4-5
Pin-Priority: 1000
Explanation: Pinned by apt-listbugs at Sun Feb 20 00:10:01 CET 2005
Explanation: #295853: reportbug includes sensitive information in report
Package: reportbug
Pin: version 3.2
Pin-Priority: 1000
# cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
(empty)
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