[Debconf-devel] Bug#471037: Bug#471037: debconf: perl problems

[Jörgen Tegnér]

lör 2008-03-15 klockan 12:38 -0400 skrev Joey Hess:
> Jörgen Tegnér wrote:
> > syntax error at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Copy.pm line 33, near
> > "%>"
> 
> You apparently have a corrupt version of this file. You probably need to
> force a reinstallation of the debconf package. You might want to
> investigate why the file became corrupt on your system.
> 

Thanks, that was the reason.

debian:/tmp# diff corrupt.txt good.txt 
33c33
< 		$dest->setflag($item, $flag, $src%>getflag($item, $flag));
---
> 		$dest->setflag($item, $flag, $src->getflag($item, $flag));

Fixing that seems to have fixed debconf. Please close the bug report.

Thanks again.
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