I had memory errors that caused my system to hang several times. Each time fsck made a bunch of corrections. During all this I appear to have lost files that mirror needs to function.
When I run mirror I get this: # mirror -d -d -d -d debian Undefined subroutine &Socket::PF_INET called at /usr/bin/../lib/mirror/lchat.pl line 42. When I try to re-install mirror I get no errors but when I try to reinstall perl I get: # dpkg -i devel/perl-5.002-10.deb (Reading database ... 16006 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace perl (using devel/perl-5.002-10.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl ... dpkg: error processing devel/perl-5.002-10.deb (--install): unable to make backup link of `usr/lib/perl5/i486-linux/5.002/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a' before installing new version: Too many links dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) mv: `perl.dist' and `perl' are the same file Creating Perl header files. This may take a while... \nIf possible, you should use Socket and/or some of the other modules. h2ph has always been somewhat broken. install: `./bind-4.9.3' exists but is not a directory install: `./bind-4.9.3' exists but is not a directory install: `./et' exists but is not a directory install: `./ss' exists but is not a directory install: `./ext2fs' exists but is not a directory install: `./pthread' exists but is not a directory install: `./pthread' exists but is not a directory install: `./pthread' exists but is not a directory install: `./linux/modules' exists but is not a directory install: `./asm-i386' exists but is not a directory Can't create ./bind-4.9.3/resolv.ph: Not a directory Done. You can re-run this script at any time as 'perlconfig'. You should do this any time you install new header files in /usr/include. Errors were encountered while processing: devel/perl-5.002-10.deb I tried reinstalling libraries to see if something more fundamental broken. I am considering building a new system on another partition if I can not get this one back to good working order. I will cooperate in any way needed. If you need more info I can send it. If a member of the debian-devel list would like a guest login to examine the system, I will provide one. TIA, Costa
