severity 206790 important
retitle 206790 xfree86: xserver-{common,xfree86} should create /var/lib/xfree86 unconditionally for roster file
reassign 206790 xfree86
thanks
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 12:41:32AM +0200, Jorrit Kronjee wrote:
> Package: xserver-common
> Version: N/A; reported 2003-08-23
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> During install of xserver-common (4.2.1-10) I get this error:
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-common.postinst: line 263:
> /var/lib/xfree86/Xwrapper.config.roster: No such file or directory
> I have no /var/lib/xfree86, neither does dpkg think I should.
It's created in the package's preinst script. Well, sometimes.
I get what's going on.
The postinst needs to unconditionally create the directory if it doesn't
already exist. This wouldn't have been the case, except I added the "roster"
business which is unconditionally done.
This bug, however, does not affect everyone, so I'm downgrading it to
"important". I'll fix it for the next release anyway.
As a workaround, do this:
# mkdir -m 755 /var/lib/xfree86 && dpkg --configure xserver-common
Thanks for your report.
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