Re: Inconsistent state in util-linux
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 09:55:28 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 09:59:14PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 06:34:12PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 11:06:03 -0500, Rob Wright wrote:
> > >
> > > > /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/Errno.pm is not part of Debian. Get rid of
> > > > it and the proper module at /usr/lib/perl/5.8.8/Errno.pm will be used.
> > > > Running "aptitude install -f" should then be enough to fix your system.
> > >
> > > This has been in a thread recently. Are people compiling their own perl
> > > into /usr/local or has something incorrectly put something there?
> >
> > People occasionally decide to install perl modules directly from CPAN,
> > which can lead to this problem. CPAN is a great resource, but having it
> > install directly onto Debian (or most any distribution) is not a good
> > idea.
>
> Well, the sysadmin should be able to put whatever they want in
> /usr/local without messing up debian automated systems. Why is apt or
> grub or whatever trying to run perl from /usr/local? If it needs a
> specific version of perl, why is it not using the proper full path?
>
> Sounds like a bug to me.
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/ch-perl.html#s-paths
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