16:10 gw:/usr/src# dpkg -i perl_5.8.4-8_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 13624 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking perl (from perl_5.8.4-8_i386.deb) ...
dpkg-deb (subprocess): short read in buffer_copy (failed to write to pipe in copy)
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste returned error exit status 2
dpkg: error processing perl_5.8.4-8_i386.deb (--install):
 short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/Config.pod')
Errors were encountered while processing:
 perl_5.8.4-8_i386.deb
16:10 gw:/usr/src#