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I'm using Debian testing and I've got perl installed -- didn't notice any problems when I installed it. Maybe you should post the error message, they are often quite informative.
DS1 is right as far as installing the new version of Perl in Testing is concerned. Apt-listbugs reports it
buggy. I have refrained from installing the new version because of the warning.
This is the warning :
Retrieving bug reports... Done
grave bugs of perl (5.8.4-8 -> 5.8.7-3) <open>
#231082 - spamassassin: spamc hangs since most recent perl package updates for stable
#283320 - perl FTBFS on mipsel/lasat, but not on mipsel/cobalt
Summary:
perl(2 bugs)
Are you sure you want to install/upgrade the above packages? [Y/n/?/...]
#283320 -- FTBFS (Fails To Build From Source) on mipsel/lasat architecture
So, if you don't use spamassassin and your processor is something other than mipsel/lasat, then there should be no problem in installing perl on Debian testing.
Originally posted by Dead Parrot The two reported bugs are:
#231082 -- problem with spamassassin
#283320 -- FTBFS (Fails To Build From Source) on mipsel/lasat architecture
So, if you don't use spamassassin and your processor is something other than mipsel/lasat, then there should be no problem in installing perl on Debian testing.
To check out your processor architecture you can type "arch" on the command line and press Enter, like this:
$ arch
If the output is something else than mipsel, then you don't need to worry about bug report #283320.
SpamAssassin is a Perl-based spam filter, intended to be used with a Mail Transfer Agent such as Exim. If you don't use SpamAssassin to filter your e-mail, then you don't need to worry about bug report #231082. (SpamAssassin needs to be installed and set up specifically, so if you don't remember installing such program, then you don't have it.)
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