On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 12:52:29AM -0700, Chad Wallace wrote: > I got this error when upgrading my packages. The error occurs with > xlibs version 4.1.0-17. > > ---- Error message: > 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>. > dpkg: error processing xlibs (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit > status 1 Thanks for the report. We need a little more information: * We need /var/cache/apt/archive/xbase-clients_4.1.0-17_*.deb. I.e., the file apt downloaded. Please do not email it, but put it up on the web somewhere and provide us with a URL. * The output of the following 3 commands: + grep app-defaults /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list + ls -l /etc/X11 + ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 * What was the previous version (if any) of xbase-clients that you were upgrading from? Was this a new install? Was there any output from xbase-clients *before* the 'Setting up xbase-clients (4.1.0-17)' message? -- G. Branden Robinson | The greatest productive force is Debian GNU/Linux | human selfishness. branden@debian.org | -- Robert Heinlein http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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