Subject: Bug#3784: perl does not install on base 1.1

From: Michael Shields <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 18:28:25 +0000

Package: perl
Version: 5.003-2

This is on a system containing the base 1.1 (1996-06-16), plus dpkg
1.2.11elf, and an attempted install of dpkg-ftp 1.4.2 (which failed because
it needs perl).  A completely fresh installation.

# dpkg -i perl_5.003-2.deb
Selecting previously deselected package perl.
(Reading database ... 3308 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking perl (from perl_5.003-2.deb) ...
Setting up perl (5.003-2) ...
Creating Perl header files.  This may take a while...
If possible, you should use Socket and/or some of the other modules.
h2ph has always been somewhat broken.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/perl.postinst: /usr/lib/perl5/i486-linux/5.003/sys: No
such file or directory
dpkg: error processing perl (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 perl

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