It sounds like you are talking about Bug#15854. On 11 Dec 1997 the maintainer's response to the bug report included a patch to fix it, which he said would be included in perl 5.004.04-4.
My rex system contains non-empty directories that trigger this problem, but my bo system does not. I don't know if some bo systems have them, or if all rex systems do. It may depend on the upgrade history of a particular box. As of last night, perl 5.004.04-4 was not on ftp.debian.org. I believe this should be considered a release-critical bug, as it can break the auto upgrade script, leaving a system in an unstable state. Bob On Wed, 21 Jan 1998 10:31:32 +1100, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Except that perl's postinst tries to clean up the mess in > /usr/lib/perl5/i486-linux but fails, so the postinst > fails and therefore the configuration of a whole lot of other > packages fails too. I will file a bug report. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .