Bug#2061: xbase-3.1.2-5 fails install on 0.93R6 system

[John Larkin <jlarkin@osiris.ac.hmc.edu>]

Stephen Early wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Dec 1995, Bill Mitchell wrote:
> > Package: xbase
> > Version: 3.1.2
> > Package_Revision: 5
> >
> > Installation of this package fails in preinst on a newly-installed
> > 0.93R6 system because /usr/bin/X11 and /usr/lib/X11 do not exist.
> > The patch below corrects this problem.  However, with this patch
> > installed, the package goes on to fail installation as follows:
>
> Are you sure that you have an uncorrupted copy of the package? Check its
> md5sum against the original announcement. The 'No such file or directory'
> error is generally only seen when the package file is corrupt.
>
> > ! if [ -e /usr/bin/X11 -a ! -L /usr/bin/X11 ]
>
> Noted - this is a bug, but is unrelated to the problem described above. I
> presume that you had not previously installed any X packages on this
> 0.93R6 system; this is a situation that I was not easily able to test.

I've just created a brand-new 0.93R6 system.  Installing xlib and xbase
worked flawlessly.

						- John Larkin
						- jlarkin@hmc.edu