On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 04:28:17PM -0400, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote:
> Jim:
>
> I spoke too soon ( my machine is very slow: 66MHz ). I did get
> the same error message as before when I tried what you suggested,
> but it did not abort. It did install the debconf package and
> now it seems to have completed preconfiguring the packages
> and is now unpacking the various packages. It will probably
> take the whole night. I am keeing my finger crossed.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sebastian.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 01:33:37PM -0600, Jimmy Richards wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 03:23:00PM -0400, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote:
> > > Hi:
> > > I am running the unstable Debian. I tried upgrading ( apt-get
> > > update; apt-get dist-upgrade ) and it seems to abort somewhere
> > > along the way with:
> > >
> > >Perl may be unconfigured ( can't modigy goto in lvalue subroutine
> > >return at /usr/perl5/Debconf/Base.pm line 24, near "}"
> > >Compilation failed in require at (eval 4) line 3
> > > .. propagated at /usr/share/perl/5.6.1/base.pm line 18.
> > >BEGIN failed-- compilation aborted at
> > >/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Iterator.pm line 5
> > > .
> > >
> > > and ultimately it aborts.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions as to what to do next?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Sebastian
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sebastian Canagaratna
> > > Department of Chemistry
> > > Ohio Northern University
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> >
> >Hi Sebastian,
> >
> >Make sure you already have the newest version of 'debconf' installed.
> > If necessary, download the debconf package and install it manually with
> > dpkg -i command.
> >
> >HTH,
> >
> >Jim Richards
> >
> >
Hi Again,
Ahh... cool! Glad it seems to be working. Just to let you know, in
the future you should only make your replies to the debian-user mailing
list, and not reply directly to an invidual's e-mail address unless
they have requested it, as this annoys some folks. Doesn't bother me
really though. Just an fyi.
Have fun!
Jim Richards
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