On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 06:42:54PM -0500, Michael O'Donnell wrote: > I saw this email address while reading through the logs > generated during a failed X installation, so I include my > /etc/apt/sources.list and relevant portions of the log below: [...] > Setting up xlibs (4.1.0-13) ... > Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults: > drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Dec 8 2010 /usr > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 8 2010 /usr/X11R6 > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb 23 18:05 /usr/X11R6/lib > drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Feb 23 18:16 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 23 18:24 /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 libxaw6: > libxaw6 depends on xlibs (>> 4.1.0); however: > Package xlibs is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing libxaw6 (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xlib6g: > xlib6g depends on xlibs; however: > Package xlibs is not configured yet. > xlib6g depends on libxaw6; however: > Package libxaw6 is not configured yet. Looks like some package is violating Debian Policy, and unpacked itself into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults. Can you mail this list the output of: dpkg -S usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults please? -- G. Branden Robinson | If you wish to strive for peace of Debian GNU/Linux | soul, then believe; if you wish to branden@debian.org | be a devotee of truth, then http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | inquire. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
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