Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 fails.

[Giannis Georgalis <jgeorgal@uoc.gr>]

Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> writes:

> > Note: not updating /etc/X11/X; no stored MD5 checksum available.
> > Note: not updating /etc/X11/XF86Config-4; file does not exist.
> 
> Those aren't error messages; they're notes.

But it doesn't update the files, so I can run xfree4. What's the
difference bettween a note and an error if the outcome is more or
less the *same*.

> If the command failed, it failed for some other reason, which should be
> reported.

> If there's no error message, and the command exited with a zero exit
> status, it's neither.

ok, the exit status is indeed 0, the command didn't "fail". So is it
because of a misconfiguration on my pc that I'm getting this "notes" ?

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