Susan> Package: mirror Susan> Version: 2.8-6 Susan> Susan> The control file for mirror should be changed to show that it Susan> requires the installation of the full Perl package, not just the Susan> small package included in the base system (what's missing is a Susan> timezone.pl file). Susan> Susan> Alternatively, the perl package in the base system needs to have the Susan> timezone.pl file added to it.
Thanks for pointing this out. But what shall I do? On one hand, 16 packages directly depend on perl.[1] I could add a Depends. On the other hand, we seem to have (had ?) a policy of relying on (at least a rudimentary) perl in the base system --- but I cannot find anything on that in the programmers and policy manuals of dpkg-1.3.8. So should timezone.pl move into base? Comments? Ian, Bruce? [1] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> zgrep "^depends.*perl" /mirror/debian/rex/binary-i386/Packages.gz | wc -l 16 -- Dirk Eddelb"uttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd