* Justin Alcorn: > dist-upgrade installed security patches for perl-base > perl-base-5.8.7-7etch1, but osvers variable in > /usr/lib/perl/5.8.8/Config.pm was set to > '2.6.22-3-amd64' while rest of packages saw > architecture as '2.6.18.3'. Computer is > definitely Intel Pentium 4, not AMD. Tried installing > from security and from mirrors, same effect.
This is just an architecture identifier without any actual meaning. It is used to check that the Perl packages are internally consistent. For instance, before the security update, the version was 2.6.18.3 or 2.6.18-1-amd64, no matter what kernel Perl was actually running on. The Config manpage should probably mention that this identifier is set at build time, and does not necessary match the running system. If this discrepancy causes problems, you likely have got a separate Perl installation in /usr/local which gets picked up by the system Perl. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
