xlibs_4.2.1-6 installation problem
Hi
While trying to update to new xterm (from 'testing' on top of
'stable') I ran into the following error in xlibs installation. I was
told to report this to this e-mail address so here goes (see below).
Otherwise this is a stable Debian with some random Sarge packages
installed. uname -a: Linux 2.2.23 #2 Sun Dec 15 11:58:46 EET 2002 i586
unknown
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Preparing to replace xlibs 4.1.0-16 (using .../xlibs_4.2.1-6_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xlibs ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.2.1-6_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in package xsysinfo
Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults:
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 1024 Dec 9 2002 /usr
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 1024 Aug 8 2000 /usr/X11R6
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 6144 Jul 9 21:41 /usr/X11R6/lib
drwxr-xr-x 30 root root 1024 Jul 9 21:41 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3072 Jul 9 21:41 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults
ERROR: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults is not a symbolic link. The package
preinst script should have failed.
Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above error
message(s) to <debian-x@lists.debian.org>.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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