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 06:00:51PM -0600, Zac Slade wrote:
> On Feb 9, 2012 5:35 PM, "Dominic Hargreaves" <dom at earth.li> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> 
> That's what I thought too.  So I tried that about a dozen times in
> disbelief.  I am using the ftp.us.debian.org mirror.  I can test again in a
> few minutes.
> 
> Since that didn't work earlier do you have any other ideas for me to try
> when I get home?

Can you confirm you haven't recently deconfigured security.debian.org
from your apt sources?

What does

apt-cache policy perl-base
apt-cache policy perl
apt-cache policy libperl5.10

say?

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