Bug#206790: bug 206790
Thank you, this seemed to fix it, although I had to do it twice.
Joshua McClintock
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 03:08:31PM -0700, Joshua McClintock wrote:
> > I ran into the same problem as the gentleman the first reported this bug.
> > After I did your work around and tried to install xserver-xfree86, I get:
> >
> > Setting up xserver-xfree86 (4.2.1-10) ...
> > Note: not updating /etc/X11/X; file does not exist.
> > Note: not updating /etc/X11/XF86Config-4; file does not exist.
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> There are a couple of workarounds for this. They both boil down to
> getting the package postinst script to believe that you want it to
> manage the files for you.
>
> Method #1: Purge and reinstall the package.
>
> # dpkg -P xserver-xfree86
> # apt-get -f install
>
> Method #2: Create the files in question, seed their checksums, and
> reconfigure the package.
>
> # touch /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> # md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
>
> # ln -sf /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 /etc/X11/X
> # readlink "/etc/X11/X" | md5sum > /var/lib/xfree86/X.md5sum
>
> # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
>
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