No Perl stuff in /var/cache/apt/ dpkg -l|grep perl:
pU perl 5.6.1-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report iU perl-5.005 6.3 Transitional package. ii perl-5.005-bas 6.3 Transitional package. ii perl-base 5.6.1-7 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister. iU perl-modules 5.6.1-7 Core Perl modules. -----Original Message----- From: Rus Foster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 12 February 2003 04:26 To: Craig Cc: Debian-ISP Subject: Re: Problems On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Craig wrote: > selecting previously deselected package perl-5.005-base. > (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing perl-5.005-base_6.3_all.deb > (--install): > files list file for package `perl' contains empty filename > Errors were encountered while processing: > perl-5.005-base_6.3_all.deb > Processing was halted because there were too many errors. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > > anyone know how to fix this ? Tried apt-get install -f :( I would suspect a corrupted download. Delete /var/cache/apt/archieves/perl* and do another apt-get install Rus -- http://www.65535.net | MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lifetime Linux or FreeBSD account: $100 || Lifetime Hosting: $150 Offsite Backups - Remote System Monitoring - Email Hosting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

