xbase-clients preinst script should have failed?

[Mark McCorkle <mccorkle@devteam.org>]

package name
============
 xbase-clients

version
=======
 4.1.0-16

Text
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ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp exists and is not a symbolic link.  This
package 
cannot be installed until this file is removed.
Aborting installation of xbase-clients package.
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody1_i386.deb
(--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Analyzing /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp:
drwxr-xr-x   73 root     root         4096 Sep 14 17:41 /etc
drwxr-xr-x   20 root     root         4096 Sep 14 17:41 /etc/X11
drwxr-xr-x   10 root     root         4096 Sep 14 17:41 /etc/X11/xkb
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       270718 Jan 20  2002
/etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp
ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp 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 while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)