Re: phase2v21

[sam th <sam@uchicago.edu>]

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On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Stephen Crowley wrote:

> Is this supposed to happen?
> 
> Preparing to replace xlibs 4.0.1-0phase2v20 (using .../xlibs_4.0.1-0phase2v21_i386.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.
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.0.1-0phase2v21_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

This happened to me too.  I just moved the xkb dir to where it told me to,
and it installed properly.  Not tested yet (no reason to turn off X).  
           
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