On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 07:28:28PM -0800, Iain Lamb wrote: > Preparing to replace xbase-clients 4.1.0-9 (using .../xbase-clients_4.1.0-13_i38 > 6.deb) ... > ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp exists and is not a symbolic link. This package > cannot be installed until this file is removed. > Aborting installation of xbase-clients package. > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-13_i386.deb ( > --unpack): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Analyzing /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp: > drwxr-xr-x 53 root root 4096 Feb 1 19:23 /etc > drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 1024 Feb 1 19:23 /etc/X11 > drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 1024 Feb 1 19:23 /etc/X11/xkb > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 240010 Jan 25 11:44 /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp > ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp 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>. That's interesting. The preinst script *did* fail. And dpkg tried to configure it anyway? Or did you force it somehow? -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Music is the brandy of the damned. branden@debian.org | -- George Bernard Shaw http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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