Bug#77077: marked as done (xfree86: maintainer scripts should prompt after issuing error messages)
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From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
Subject: xlibs: Missing Enter prompt in postinst
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Package: xlibs
Version: 4.0.1-0phase2v13
Severity: normal
When installing, it displays this warning:
Preparing to replace xlibs 4.0.1-0phase2v13 (using .../libs/xlibs_4.0.1-3.deb) ...
Warning: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults is a directory that should be a
symbolic link. Packages containing files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults
need to move them to /etc/X11/app-defaults instead; they will not be used
by the X Window System until they are moved.
ERROR: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb exists and is not a symbolic link.
The xlibs package cannot be installed until this directory is removed.
Aborting installation of xlibs package.
It should prompt for an Enter keypress here.
-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Kernel Version: Linux alexanderwohl 2.2.18pre10 #1 Wed Sep 27 08:48:48 EST 2000 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages xlibs depends on:
iU xfree86-common 4.0.1-3 X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
ii libc6 2.2-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
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From: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
To: 77077-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: closing old bug
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I'm closing this old bug.
Debian packages generally don't stop and prompt people on errors, and
interactive package installation (except via debconf) is something we've
been moving away from for years now.
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