Another xserver-xfree86.postinst failure

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Subject: Another xserver-xfree86.postinst failure
From: Tuomas Jormola <tjormola@cc.hut.fi>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 17:50:32 +0200 (EET)
Message-id: <[🔎] Pine.OSF.4.10.10011211742280.32034-200000@alpha.hut.fi>

Hi,

I got this error at the bottom of the attachment today when upgrading from
-5 to -6. I'm using today's woody, perl-5.6 (that readlink-thingie seems
to use perl) and I don't have /etc/X11/X. Besides, I think that symlink
has never been there on my system during those three years I've been using
Debian. Or maybe it has been there, but anyway, that symlink didn't exist
when I upgraded to -6.

Tuomas Jormola <tjormola@cc.hut.fi>
+358 40 8213495
http://shakti.tky.hut.fi/
Jämeräntaival 3c 365, 02150 Espoo, Finland

(17:35:03)(root@dharma)(~)# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up xserver-xfree86 (4.0.1-6) ...

this_package=xserver-xfree86
+ this_package=xserver-xfree86
this_server=/usr/bin/X11/XFree86
+ this_server=/usr/bin/X11/XFree86

# source debconf library
. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
#!/bin/sh
# This is a shell library to interface to the Debian configration management
# system.

###############################################################################
# Initialization.

# Check to see if a FrontEnd is running.
if [ ! "$DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND" ]; then
	# Ok, this is pretty crazy. Since there is no FrontEnd, this
	# program execs a FrontEnd. It will then run a new copy of $0 that
	# can talk to it.
	exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend $0 "$@"
fi
++ '[' '!' '' ']'
++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst configure 4.0.1-5

this_package=xserver-xfree86
+ this_package=xserver-xfree86
this_server=/usr/bin/X11/XFree86
+ this_server=/usr/bin/X11/XFree86

# source debconf library
. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
#!/bin/sh
# This is a shell library to interface to the Debian configration management
# system.

###############################################################################
# Initialization.

# Check to see if a FrontEnd is running.
if [ ! "$DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND" ]; then
	# Ok, this is pretty crazy. Since there is no FrontEnd, this
	# program execs a FrontEnd. It will then run a new copy of $0 that
	# can talk to it.
	exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend $0 "$@"
fi
++ '[' '!' 1 ']'

# Only do this once.
if [ -z "$DEBCONF_REDIR" ]; then
	# Redirect standard output to standard error. This prevents common
	# mistakes by making all the output of the postinst or whatever
	# script is using this library not be parsed as confmodule commands.
	#
	# To actually send something to standard output, send it to fd 3.
	exec 3>&1 1>&2
	DEBCONF_REDIR=1
	export DEBCONF_REDIR
fi
++ '[' -z '' ']'
++ exec
++ DEBCONF_REDIR=1
++ export DEBCONF_REDIR

###############################################################################
# Commands.

# Generate subroutines for all commands that don't have special handlers.
# Each command must be listed twice, once in lower case, once in upper.
# Doing that saves us a lot of calls to tr at load time. I just wish shell had
# an upper-case function.
old_opts="$@"
++ old_opts=configure 4.0.1-5
for i in "capb CAPB" "set SET" "reset RESET" "title TITLE" \
         "input INPUT" "beginblock BEGINBLOCK" "endblock ENDBLOCK" "go GO" \
	 "get GET" "register REGISTER" "unregister UNREGISTER" "subst SUBST" \
	 "previous_module PREVIOUS_MODULE" "fset FSET" "fget FGET" \
	 "purge PURGE" "metaget METAGET" "version VERSION" "clear CLEAR"; do
	# Break string up into words.
	set -- $i
	# Generate function on the fly.
	eval "db_$1 () {
		local _RET
		echo \"$2 \$@\" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- \$_RET
		_RET=\$1
		shift
		RET="\$@"
		return \$_RET
	      }"
done
++ set -- capb CAPB
++ eval 'db_capb () {
		local _RET
		echo "CAPB $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_capb () {
		local _RET
		echo "CAPB $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- set SET
++ eval 'db_set () {
		local _RET
		echo "SET $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_set () {
		local _RET
		echo "SET $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- reset RESET
++ eval 'db_reset () {
		local _RET
		echo "RESET $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_reset () {
		local _RET
		echo "RESET $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- title TITLE
++ eval 'db_title () {
		local _RET
		echo "TITLE $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_title () {
		local _RET
		echo "TITLE $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- input INPUT
++ eval 'db_input () {
		local _RET
		echo "INPUT $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_input () {
		local _RET
		echo "INPUT $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- beginblock BEGINBLOCK
++ eval 'db_beginblock () {
		local _RET
		echo "BEGINBLOCK $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_beginblock () {
		local _RET
		echo "BEGINBLOCK $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- endblock ENDBLOCK
++ eval 'db_endblock () {
		local _RET
		echo "ENDBLOCK $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_endblock () {
		local _RET
		echo "ENDBLOCK $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- go GO
++ eval 'db_go () {
		local _RET
		echo "GO $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_go () {
		local _RET
		echo "GO $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- get GET
++ eval 'db_get () {
		local _RET
		echo "GET $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_get () {
		local _RET
		echo "GET $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- register REGISTER
++ eval 'db_register () {
		local _RET
		echo "REGISTER $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_register () {
		local _RET
		echo "REGISTER $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- unregister UNREGISTER
++ eval 'db_unregister () {
		local _RET
		echo "UNREGISTER $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_unregister () {
		local _RET
		echo "UNREGISTER $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- subst SUBST
++ eval 'db_subst () {
		local _RET
		echo "SUBST $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_subst () {
		local _RET
		echo "SUBST $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- previous_module PREVIOUS_MODULE
++ eval 'db_previous_module () {
		local _RET
		echo "PREVIOUS_MODULE $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_previous_module () {
		local _RET
		echo "PREVIOUS_MODULE $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- fset FSET
++ eval 'db_fset () {
		local _RET
		echo "FSET $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_fset () {
		local _RET
		echo "FSET $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- fget FGET
++ eval 'db_fget () {
		local _RET
		echo "FGET $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_fget () {
		local _RET
		echo "FGET $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- purge PURGE
++ eval 'db_purge () {
		local _RET
		echo "PURGE $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_purge () {
		local _RET
		echo "PURGE $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- metaget METAGET
++ eval 'db_metaget () {
		local _RET
		echo "METAGET $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_metaget () {
		local _RET
		echo "METAGET $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- version VERSION
++ eval 'db_version () {
		local _RET
		echo "VERSION $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_version () {
		local _RET
		echo "VERSION $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
++ set -- clear CLEAR
++ eval 'db_clear () {
		local _RET
		echo "CLEAR $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }'
db_clear () {
		local _RET
		echo "CLEAR $@" >&3
		read _RET
		set -- $_RET
		_RET=$1
		shift
		RET=$@
		return $_RET
	      }
# $@ was clobbered above, unclobber.
set -- $old_opts
++ set -- configure 4.0.1-5
unset old_opts
++ unset old_opts

# Just an alias for input. It tends to make more sense to use this to display
# text, since displaying text isn't really asking for input.
db_text () {
	db_input $@
}

# Cannot read a return code, since there is none and we would block.
db_stop () {
	echo STOP >&3
}

message () {
  ${condecho:-:} >&2
  echo "$*" | fmt -u -w ${COLUMNS:-80} >&2
  condecho=echo;
}

errormsg () {
  message "Please report the package name, version, and the contents of this" \
          "error message to <debian-x@lists.debian.org>."
  exit 1;
}

readlink () {
  # perl kludge until readlink(1) from tetex-bin is moved into an essential package
  # returns what symlink actually points to
  perl -e '$l = shift; exit 1 unless -l $l; $r = readlink $l; exit 1 unless $r; print "$r\n"' $1;
}

trap "message ;\
      message 'Received signal.  Aborting configuration of xdm package.' ;\
      message ;\
      exit 1" 1 2 3 15
+ trap 'message ;      message '\''Received signal.  Aborting configuration of xdm package.'\'' ;      message ;      exit 1' 1 2 3 15

case "$1" in
  configure) ;;
  abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
    exit 0 ;;
esac

# Automatically added by dh_installdocs
if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
	if [ -d /usr/doc -a ! -e /usr/doc/xserver-xfree86 -a -d /usr/share/doc/xserver-xfree86 ]; then
		ln -sf ../share/doc/xserver-xfree86 /usr/doc/xserver-xfree86
	fi
fi
+ '[' configure = configure ']'
+ '[' -d /usr/doc -a '!' -e /usr/doc/xserver-xfree86 -a -d /usr/share/doc/xserver-xfree86 ']'
# End automatically added section


# set up the /etc/X11/X symlink
current_server="$(readlink /etc/X11/X)"
readlink /etc/X11/X
++ readlink /etc/X11/X
++ perl -e '$l = shift; exit 1 unless -l $l; $r = readlink $l; exit 1 unless $r; print "$r\n"' /etc/X11/X
+ current_server=
dpkg: error processing xserver-xfree86 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xserver-xfree86
(17:35:12)(root@dharma)(~)#

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