Perl fixed; Apt hangs on unlocked directory

From: Adam Bogacki (afb_at_paradise.net.nz)
Date: 08/26/03

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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 22:05:41 +1200

    Thanks. In a nutshell ..

    Tux:/usr/bin# ./perl5.8.0 -V
    Can't locate Export.pm in @INC
    (but it gave me the files making up @INC)

    I copied Exporter.pm to /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 and

    Tux:/usr/bin# ./perl5.8.0 -V
    [heaps of stuff]
    @INC
    /etc/perl
    /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.0
    /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.0
    /usr/lib/perl5
    /usr/share/perl5
    /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0
    /usr/share/perl/5/8/0
    /usr/local/lib/site_perl

    and a similar format with
    Tux:/usr/local/bin perl -V

    I tried
    apt-get install -q <package> &> apt.log
    but it always hung. I might be missing something...

    apt-get -f -u dist-upgrade --fix-broken

    now gives me ~130 pkgs, probably due to the 'unstable' rate of change.
    The error message was

    "Preparing to replace coreutils_5.0.90-2 (using ...
    coreutils_5.0.90-3_i386.deb) ...
    install-info (/usr/share/info/coreutils.info): no file
    /usr/share/info/dir,
    retrieving backup file /var/backups/infodir.bak
    cp: cannot create regular file '/usr/share/info/dir': No such file or
    directory
    install-info(/usr/share/info/coreutils.info):copying
    /var/backups/infodir.bak to /usr/share/info/dir failed, giving up: No
    such file or directory
    dpkg: warning old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1"

    I created /usr/share/info/dir and copied /var/backups/infodir.bak
    there but still could not install coreutils.

    I deleted 'infodir.bak' from /usr/share/info/dir but apt-install
    failed with the error message

    "Preparing to replace coreutils_5.0.90-2 (using
    .../coreutils_5.0.90-3_i386.deb) ...
    install-info(/usr/share/info/coreutils.info): failed to lock dir for
    editing! Operation not permitted.
    E: ...)"

    which leaves me stumped.

    Any constructive ideas appreciated.

    Adam Bogacki.
    afb@paradise.net.nz 

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