Package: dpkg Version: n/a Severity: normal On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 06:16:05PM -0700, Mark Robinson wrote: > Setting up xbase-clients (4.1.0-16) ... > Analyzing /etc/X11/xkb/compiled: > drwxr-xr-x 71 root root 4096 May 26 18:14 /etc > drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 May 26 18:14 /etc/X11 > drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 May 26 18:14 /etc/X11/xkb > /etc/X11/xkb/compiled: nonexistent > ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/compiled symbolic link does not exist. Either the package > didn't ship the symbolic link (a bug in the package), or dpkg failed to unpack > it to the filesystem (a bug in dpkg). > Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above error > message(s) to <debian-x@lists.debian.org>. > dpkg: error processing xbase-clients (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > /etc/X11/xkb/compiled does not exist on my system. branden@auric:~/pool/main/x/xfree86$ for F in xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_*.deb; do echo -n "$F: "; dpkg-deb -c $F | grep etc/X11/xkb/compiled; done xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_alpha.deb: lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2002-04-16 18:48:00 ./etc/X11/xkb/compiled -> /var/lib/xkb xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_arm.deb: lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2002-04-17 10:54:46 ./etc/X11/xkb/compiled -> /var/lib/xkb xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_hppa.deb: lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2002-04-16 19:17:13 ./etc/X11/xkb/compiled -> /var/lib/xkb xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_i386.deb: lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2002-04-16 08:26:03 ./etc/X11/xkb/compiled -> /var/lib/xkb xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_ia64.deb: lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2002-04-17 03:15:10 ./etc/X11/xkb/compiled -> /var/lib/xkb xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_m68k.deb: lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2002-04-18 03:19:27 ./etc/X11/xkb/compiled -> /var/lib/xkb xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_mips.deb: lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2002-04-17 11:24:42 ./etc/X11/xkb/compiled -> /var/lib/xkb xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_mipsel.deb: lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2002-04-17 07:18:11 ./etc/X11/xkb/compiled -> /var/lib/xkb xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_powerpc.deb: lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2002-04-16 18:50:38 ./etc/X11/xkb/compiled -> /var/lib/xkb xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_s390.deb: lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2002-04-17 05:07:35 ./etc/X11/xkb/compiled -> /var/lib/xkb xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_sparc.deb: lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2002-04-17 01:49:41 ./etc/X11/xkb/compiled -> /var/lib/xkb Mr. Robinson, does the problem go away if you install the package with the following command?: dpkg --force-confmiss --install xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_i386.deb (I presume you're using an i386 machine. If not, please substitute your architecture.) -- G. Branden Robinson | The key to being a Southern Debian GNU/Linux | Baptist: It ain't a sin if you branden@debian.org | don't get caught. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Anthony Davidson
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