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. -- G. Branden Robinson | You live and learn. Debian GNU/Linux | Or you don't live long. branden@debian.org | -- Robert Heinlein http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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