Thanks Tim for helping me out here... I am back to order now. The files are btw:
libxml-libxml-perl.list libxml-libxml-perl.postinst libxml-libxml-perl.md5sums libxml-libxml-perl.prerm I remembered seeing sosmething about the preremoval script casuing a problem, so i tried simply: sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/libxml-libxml-perl.prerm ...and voila! problem solved by a one-liner. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Debian Perl Group, which is subscribed to libxml-libxml-perl in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1085690 Title: upon upgrade to 12.04 perl broken with unmet dependencies package libxml-libxml-perl 1.70.ds-1build1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml-libxml-perl/+bug/1085690/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~pkg-perl-maintainers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~pkg-perl-maintainers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

