Broken install (files list file for package `x11-common' missing)
Hi,
Some time ago I installed X.org from debian.linux-systeme.com on my
Debian Sid.
Yesterday I decided to switch to the X.org, now provided unstable so I
lowered the priority of debian.linux-systeme.com in /etc/apt/preferences
I ran dist-upgrade with aptitude, but this failed, giving the following
(among others) message:
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `x11-common' missing,
assuming package has no files currently installed.
211653 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace x11-common 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 (using
.../x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-5_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement x11-common ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-5_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/Xsession', which is also in package
xorg-common
>From here on X.org would not configure, as you can see in the full dump
included at the end of this mail.
I tried fixing the above with
apt-get --download-only --reinstall install x11-common
but that didn't helo
What should I do about this?
Andro
/* A dump of the output of aptitude dist-upgrade */
andrei@cibo:~$ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
ca-certificates libgsf-1
The following packages will be upgraded:
x11-common
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/979kB of archives. After unpacking 1507kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading changelogs... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ...
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `x11-common' missing,
assuming package has no files currently installed.
211653 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace x11-common 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 (using
.../x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-5_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement x11-common ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-5_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/Xsession', which is also in package
xorg-common
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
usage error: replace_conffile_with_symlink_rollback() called with wrong
number of arguments; expected 2, got 1
Please report a bug in the postrm script of the x11-common package,
version 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 to the Debian Bug Tracking System.
Include all messages above that mention the x11-common package.
Visit <http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting> on the World Wide Web for
instructions, read the file /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt from
the doc-debian package, or install the reportbug package and use the
command of the same name to file a report.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 99
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-5_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-common:
xserver-common depends on x11-common (>= 6.8.1); however:
Package x11-common is not installed.
dpkg: error processing xserver-common (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-xorg:
xserver-xorg depends on xserver-common (>= 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5); however:
Package xserver-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libx11-6:
libx11-6 depends on x11-common (>> 4.3.0); however:
Package x11-common is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libx11-6 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xutils:
xutils depends on x11-common (>= 6.8.1); however:
Package x11-common is not installed.
dpkg: error processing xutils (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libx11-dev:
libx11-dev depends on libx11-6 (= 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5); however:
Package libx11-6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libx11-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxtrap-dev:
libxtrap-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxtrap-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xnest:
xnest depends on xserver-common; however:
Package xserver-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xnest (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxmu-dev:
libxmu-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxmu-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxpm-dev:
libxpm-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxpm-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxp-dev:
libxp-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxp-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxv-dev:
libxv-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxv-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxi-dev:
libxi-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxi-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xlibs:
xlibs depends on libx11-6; however:
Package libx11-6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xlibs (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxt-dev:
libxt-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxt-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xfonts-base:
xfonts-base depends on xutils (>> 4.0.3); however:
Package xutils is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xfonts-base (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xfonts-scalable:
xfonts-scalable depends on xutils (>> 4.0.3); however:
Package xutils is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xfonts-scalable (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xfonts-100dpi:
xfonts-100dpi depends on xutils (>> 4.0.3); however:
Package xutils is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xfonts-100dpi (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxaw7-dev:
libxaw7-dev depends on libxmu-dev; however:
Package libxmu-dev is not configured yet.
libxaw7-dev depends on libxt-dev; however:
Package libxt-dev is not configured yet.
libxaw7-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
libxaw7-dev depends on libxpm-dev; however:
Package libxpm-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxaw7-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xlibs-static-dev:
xlibs-static-dev depends on libxv-dev; however:
Package libxv-dev is not configured yet.
xlibs-static-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xlibs-static-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xfonts-75dpi:
xfonts-75dpi depends on xutils (>> 4.0.3); however:
Package xutils is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xfonts-75dpi (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xlibmesa-gl-dev:
xlibmesa-gl-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xlibmesa-gl-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxmuu-dev:
libxmuu-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxmuu-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xbase-clients:
xbase-clients depends on xlibs; however:
Package xlibs is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xbase-clients (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xlibosmesa-dev:
xlibosmesa-dev depends on xlibmesa-gl-dev (= 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5); however:
Package xlibmesa-gl-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xlibosmesa-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
xserver-common
xserver-xorg
libx11-6
xutils
libx11-dev
libxtrap-dev
xnest
libxmu-dev
libxpm-dev
libxp-dev
libxv-dev
libxi-dev
xlibs
libxt-dev
xfonts-base
xfonts-scalable
xfonts-100dpi
libxaw7-dev
xlibs-static-dev
xfonts-75dpi
xlibmesa-gl-dev
libxmuu-dev
xbase-clients
xlibosmesa-dev
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
andrei@cibo:~$
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Andrey Andreev
University of Helsinki
Dept. of Computer Science
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