xlibs preinst script problem
[The machine was running 2.2r3, and I'm trying to move it to
unstable. I've gone through many steps of 'apt-get
update/upgrade/dist-upgrade' as well as running dpkg by hand.]
Package name is xlibs, version seems to be 4.1.0-7.
pc-kilimanjaro:/var/cache/apt/archives# apt-get install xlibs
<CR>Reading Package Lists... 0%<CR><CR>Reading Package Lists... 0%<CR><CR>Reading Package Lists... 2%<CR><CR>Reading Package Lists... Done<CR>
<CR>Building Dependency Tree... 0%<CR><CR>Building Dependency Tree... 0%<CR><CR>Building Dependency Tree... 0%<CR><CR>Building Dependency Tree... 50%<CR><CR>Building Dependency Tree... 50%<CR><CR>Building Dependency Tree... Done<CR>
Sorry, xlibs is already the newest version.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
310 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
<CR><CR>Setting up xlibs (4.1.0-7) ...
Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults:
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 1024 Oct 11 22:45 /usr
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 1024 Feb 3 2001 /usr/X11R6
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Oct 11 22:45 /usr/X11R6/lib
drwxr-xr-x 31 root root 1024 Oct 12 18:10 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Oct 12 18:50 /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>.
<more unrelated stuff from apt>
pc-kilimanjaro:/var/cache/apt/archives# ls -ld /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Oct 12 18:50 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults
pc-kilimanjaro:/var/cache/apt/archives# ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Oct 12 18:50 app-defaults -> /etc/X11/app-defaults
pc-kilimanjaro:/var/cache/apt/archives# ls -l /var/cache/apt/archives/*xlib*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 797292 Mar 23 2001 /var/cache/apt/archives/xlib6_3.3.6-38_i386.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 45054 Oct 4 13:18 /var/cache/apt/archives/xlib6g-dev_4.1.0-7_all.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 45248 Oct 4 13:18 /var/cache/apt/archives/xlib6g_4.1.0-7_all.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 2898514 Oct 4 13:32 /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs-dev_4.1.0-7_i386.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 1208916 Oct 4 13:33 /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.1.0-7_i386.deb
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