[Bug 810398] Re: Typo in /usr/lib/perl/5.10/List/Util.pm makes compilation fail

[Paul Hoell]

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Title:
  Typo in /usr/lib/perl/5.10/List/Util.pm makes compilation fail

Status in “perl” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I tried to install the new version of flashplugin64-installer from the sevenmachines PPA today when this error popped up. I don't know if it's related though...
  The error message was "debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Unrecognized character \x05 in column 39 at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/List/Util.pm line 27." with some follow up errors.
  The error stopped dpkg from processing anything else. Removing of perl is not an option, too many things depend on it.
  Checking the file in question, it was either a typo or a problem with the charset, which, in my case, is de_AT at UTF-8.

  I fixed the typo and the compilation was successful, fixing the error.
  I made a small diff of the files to easily fix it. Is there something
  else i can do?

  diff /usr/lib/perl/5.10/List/Util.pm /usr/lib/perl/5.10/List/Util.pm~
  27c27
  <     XSLoader::load('List::Util', $XS_VERSION);
  ---
  >     XSLoader::load('List::Util', $XS_VRSION);

  Edit: More info. The broken file comes from package
  flashplugin64-installer of sevenmachines/flash ppa. I would change the
  associated package, but it won't let me, because it's no official
  ubuntu package. Sorry to the perl guys, but that's where apt-file
  found the file in question.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: perl-base 5.10.1-17ubuntu4.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Jul 14 12:59:57 2011
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=de_AT.UTF-8
   LC_MESSAGES=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: perl
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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