# apt-get remove ssh # apt-get remove debconf # dpkg -i ssh_1.2.3-7_i386.deb
This works. Note that I didn't go all the way back to perl-5.004 and no perl-5.005 (the conditions when I discovered this). Owing to the nature of the problem I thought it unnecessary (and a huge waste of bandwidth to re-fetch all those perl debs). On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 03:11, Philip Hands wrote: > Pann McCuaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > apt-get install ssh > > > > in potato requires debconf, which requires perl-5.005. With perl-5.004 > > only (from a slink->potato upgrade) ssh configuration fails. > > > > This dependency isn't stated, and in fact a bogus warning message is > > given about needing to install debconf only if you're upgrading from > > non-free SSH and are using it for the upgrade. > > You're quite right, unfortunately. It looks like I forgot to put the > debconf installation check around a call to db_stop in the postinst. > > I've just uploaded 1.2.3-7 to non-us's incoming, which should install > without debconf being around. It's also available here: > > http://www.hands.com/~phil/debian/openssh/ssh_1.2.3-7_i386.deb > > Please test it. > > Cheers, Phil. Cheers, Pann -- geek by nature, Linux by choice L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
