Set location of libnet.cfg to /etc/perl/Net as /usr may not be writable. diff -Naur --exclude=debian perl-5.8.8.orig/lib/Net/Config.pm perl-5.8.8/lib/Net/Config.pm --- perl-5.8.8.orig/lib/Net/Config.pm 2002-03-01 01:04:31.000000000 +1100 +++ perl-5.8.8/lib/Net/Config.pm 2006-02-03 00:00:55.000000000 +1100 @@ -57,9 +57,8 @@ } TRY_INTERNET_CONFIG -my $file = __FILE__; +my $file = '/etc/perl/Net/libnet.cfg'; my $ref; -$file =~ s/Config.pm/libnet.cfg/; if ( -f $file ) { $ref = eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; do $file }; if (ref($ref) eq 'HASH') {