Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>:
Bug#7991; Package perl.   debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.orgDarren Stalder <torin@daft.com>  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Acknowledgement sent to "Mark W. Eichin" <eichin@kitten.gen.ma.us>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>.   "Mark W. Eichin" <eichin@kitten.gen.ma.us>  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 10 Mar 1997 18:06:07 +0000 Received: (qmail 16290 invoked from network); 10 Mar 1997 18:06:07 -0000 Received: from cartridge.i-connect.net (qmailr@206.190.143.12) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 10 Mar 1997 18:06:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 14424 invoked from network); 10 Mar 1997 17:57:24 -0000 Received: from net-1.adj.com (206.190.9.2) by cartridge.i-connect.net with SMTP; 10 Mar 1997 17:57:23 -0000 Received: from cygnus.com (cygnus.com [205.180.230.20]) by net-1.adj.com (8.7.4/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA23253; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 11:44:11 -0600 Received: from tweedledumb.cygnus.com (tweedledumb.cygnus.com [192.80.44.1]) by cygnus.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA10906 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 09:41:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from depreciation.kitten.gen.ma.us by tweedledumb.cygnus.com (4.1/4.7) id AA20766; Mon, 10 Mar 97 12:41:33 EST Received: (from eichin@localhost) by depreciation.kitten.gen.ma.us (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA27972; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:41:29 -0500 Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:41:29 -0500 Message-Id: <199703101741.MAA27972@depreciation.kitten.gen.ma.us> From: "Mark W. Eichin" To: submit@bugs.debian.org Subject: perl 5.003.07-7 doesn't install package: perl version: 5.003.07-7 Setting up perl (5.003.07-7) ... ln: cannot create symbolic link `/usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.00320/asm' to `asm-i386': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing perl (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 I was able to work around it with an explicit # mkdir /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.00320 but that shouldn't be necessary...