"David H . Silber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >When I recently tried out aptitude, apt-get replaced apt 0.3.19 with apt >0.5.3. On the very next install (docbook-doc), I had problems. I don't >know if it was a problem with the docbook-doc package or of the new apt >package. In the meanwhile, I'm afraid of installing more packages lest >I compound some problem with the package maintenance system.
I think you should be OK. I'll explain: > Preparing to replace apt 0.3.19 (using .../archives/apt_0.5.3_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement apt ... > dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file >`/var/state/apt/lists/partial': Directory not empty > dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/var/state/apt/lists': >Directory not empty > Setting up apt (0.5.3) ... You can safely ignore these, although you might want to clean out the old /var/state/apt directory. apt should probably have handled this. > debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Can't modify goto in lvalue >subroutine return at /usr/share/ > perl5/Debconf/Base.pm line 24, near "}" I'm guessing that you have a version of debconf earlier than 0.9.57, plus perl 5.6.1. The lvalue code broke with recent versions of perl; upgrade to debconf 0.9.57 or greater (testing has 0.9.73, unstable has 0.9.74) and this should be fixed. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
