dpkg-preconfigure is looking for /usr/sbin/perl. I created a symlink there to the new perl. I'm not sure if this is the proper thing to do but it worked for me.
Ben On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 18:21:04 Gordon Sadler wrote: > On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 01:30:06AM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > It seems I made a `slight' mistake in dpkg 1.7.0 which broke > > update-alternatives. Combined with a perl upgrade that can have some > > nasty effects. I fixed this in dpkg 1.7.1, and I strongly advise > > everyone to immediately upgrade to that version if you have 1.7.0 > > installed. > > > > You can grab it from http://incoming.debian.org/ as soon as I'm > finished > > uploading it (10 minutes from now hopefully). > > > > Wichert. > Please see bug #76418 from today as well, it is against dpkg. > > I followed this advice and upgraded to 1.7.1 just a few minutes ago, > however > I am still receiving this error below. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. > 6 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > /bin/sh: /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure: No such file or directory > E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt returned an error code > (127) > E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt > > The packages that are not fully installed are: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get -s upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. > 6 packages not fully installed or removed. > Conf perl-5.6 (5.6.0-1 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable) > Conf perl-5.6-suid (5.6.0-1 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable) > Conf developers-reference (2.8.1 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable) > Conf gnuplot (3.7.1p1-4 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable, > Debian:unstable, Debian:20000819/testing) > Conf perl-5.6-debug (5.6.0-1 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable) > Conf perl-5.6-thread (5.6.0-1 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable) > > I understand from another thread you think it may be a broken perl? > If so do you recommend I purge perl 5.6 to get things 'working' again? > Thanks for your help. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >