[Debconf-devel] Bug#574573: perl warning "Subroutine remove redefined" when using DirTree or PackageDir debconf drivers

[Chris Hiestand]

Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.24
Severity: normal

To reproduce put this into your /etc/debconf.conf file:

		Name: mydb
		Driver: DirTree
		Directory: /tmp/mydb	
		Required: false
		Extension: .txt

When using DirTree of PackageDir and I do an "apt-get install" or
"apt-get remove" I see perl warnings:

	Subroutine remove redefined at 
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Directory.pm
line 128, <DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 6.

I am unfortunately not a perl guru, and I was unable to ascertain the
cause after reading through some of the perl modules.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.4
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages debconf depends on:
ii  debconf-i18n             1.5.24          full internationalization support 
ii  perl-base                5.10.0-19lenny2 minimal Perl system

Versions of packages debconf recommends:
ii  apt-utils                0.7.20.2+lenny1 APT utility programs

Versions of packages debconf suggests:
ii  debconf-doc           1.5.24             debconf documentation
ii  debconf-utils         1.5.24             debconf utilities
ii  dialog                1.1-20080316-1     Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  gnome-utils           2.20.0.1-3         GNOME desktop utilities
ii  libgnome2-perl        1.042-1+b1         Perl interface to the GNOME librar
pn  libnet-ldap-perl      <none>             (no description available)
pn  libqt-perl            <none>             (no description available)
pn  libterm-readline-gnu- <none>             (no description available)
ii  perl                  5.10.0-19lenny2    Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  whiptail              0.52.2-11.3+lenny1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe

-- debconf information excluded