Re^6: broke my perl? :(

[megnetz]

Thank you, just realized that after posting. It's now in /usr/local/bin/. So I hope everything is fine and dandy. Though I'm a bit afraid to restart my computer. Maybe I should make some backup...

[marto]

For clarification, could you post the output of file /usr/bin/perl?

[megnetz]

sure: /usr/bin/perl: a /gsc/bin/perl script text executable

[rowdog]

Then your system perl is still broken because /usr/bin/perl should be an ELF executable. I suggest you move your script out of the way and try apt-get --reinstall perl again.

My advice is to always leave the system perl alone and install your own perl for your own use in a separate directory.

Update: forgot -- on --reinstall as I usually use aptitude.