Bug#548915: E: Internal Error, Could not perform immediate configuration (2) on perl

[Arthur Marsh]

Package: perl
Version: 5.10.0-25
Severity: serious
Justification: fails to upgrade


When attempting to upgrade, get message:

E: Internal Error, Could not perform immediate configuration (2) on perl

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-rc6 (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages perl depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.9-26            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdb4.7               4.7.25-8          Berkeley v4.7 Database Libraries [
ii  libgdbm3               1.8.3-6+b1        GNU dbm database routines (runtime
ii  perl-base              5.10.0-25         minimal Perl system
ii  perl-modules           5.10.0-25         Core Perl modules
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages perl recommends:
ii  make                          3.81-6     An utility for Directing compilati
ii  netbase                       4.37       Basic TCP/IP networking system

Versions of packages perl suggests:
pn  libterm-readline-gnu-perl | l <none>     (no description available)
ii  perl-doc                      5.10.0-25  Perl documentation

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