XPost: linux.debian.kernel   
   From: waldi@debian.org   
      
   On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 06:47:13PM +0100, Matthew Lear wrote:   
   > linux-version cannot be executed because there is no (perl) interpreter   
   > installed in the chroot.   
      
   Your chroot is broken.  perl-base is marked as essential, so it can not   
   be missing:   
      
   | % apt-cache show perl-base | head -n 4   
   | Package: perl-base   
   | Source: perl   
   | Version: 5.42.0-3   
   | Essential: yes   
      
   Bastuab   
      
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