Bug#167775: xlibs: app-defaults is not a symbolic link
Package: xlibs
Version: 4.1.0-17
Severity: normal
Setting up xlibs (4.1.0-17) ...
Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults:
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Aug 24 23:04 /usr
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Mar 14 2000 /usr/X11R6
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 8192 Nov 4 20:50 /usr/X11R6/lib
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 Nov 4 20:50 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 4 20:50 /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>.
dpkg: error processing xlibs (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxaw7:
libxaw7 depends on xlibs (>> 4.1.0); however:
Package xlibs is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxaw7 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of asmail:
asmail depends on xlibs (>> 4.1.0); however:
Package xlibs is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing asmail (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
xlibs-dev
xbase-clients
xlibs
libxaw7
asmail
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-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux fanatic 2.4.19 #1 Mon Aug 26 18:23:02 CEST 2002 i686 Celeron (Mendocino) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
Versions of the packages xlibs depends on:
iF xlibs 4.1.0-17 X Window System client libraries
ii libc6 2.2.5-14.3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libfreetype6 2.1.2-9 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
ii xfree86-common 4.2.1-3 X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
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