Bug#659298: snmpd is uninstallable on squeeze libperl5.10 depends on perl-base 5.10.1-17squeeze2

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 05:11:51PM -0600, Zac Slade wrote:
> Package: libperl5.10
> Version: 5.10.1-17squeeze2
> Severity: important
> 
> When I try to install snmpd on a freshly updated minimal squeeze installation
> it fails due to lib-perl depending on an older version of perl-base.  Here's
> the output of aptitude.
> 
> > sudo aptitude install snmpd                                  ~
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   fancontrol{a} libperl5.10{ab} libsensors4{a} libsnmp-base{a} libsnmp15{a}
>   lm-sensors{a} perl{ab} perl-modules{a} snmpd
> 0 packages upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 12.4 MB of archives. After unpacking 42.4 MB will be used.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   perl: Depends: perl-base (= 5.10.1-17squeeze2) but 5.10.1-17squeeze3
> is installed.
>   libperl5.10: Depends: perl-base (= 5.10.1-17squeeze2) but
> 5.10.1-17squeeze3 is installed.
> 
> 
> Help!!! and Thanks in advance,

Please ensure you have run

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

first. I think that this will resolve your problem.

Cheers,
Dominic.

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