Re: xbase-clients preinst script should have failed?
Branden,
Sorry for the long delay, I've been on vacation. Here's the output:
mccorkle@mononoke:~/dih$ ./culprits.sh
Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb:
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Aug 3 21:18 /usr
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Aug 13 01:13 /usr/X11R6
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 8192 Sep 14 17:41 /usr/X11R6/lib
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:47
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Sep 14 17:01
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -> /etc/X11/xkb
Analyzing /etc/X11/xkb:
drwxr-xr-x 73 root root 4096 Sep 20 00:02 /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
Searching for overlapping packages...
no overlaps found.
Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults:
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Aug 3 21:18 /usr
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Aug 13 01:13 /usr/X11R6
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 8192 Sep 14 17:41 /usr/X11R6/lib
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:47
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Aug 3 21:25
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults -> /etc/X11/app-defaults
Analyzing /etc/X11/app-defaults:
drwxr-xr-x 73 root root 4096 Sep 20 00:02 /etc
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:41 /etc/X11
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:41
/etc/X11/app-defaults
Searching for overlapping packages...
no overlaps found.
--Mark McCorkle
On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 02:08, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 05:47:19PM -0500, Mark McCorkle wrote:
> > 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)
>
> Please save the attached file as "culprits.sh" and run it with the
> following command:
>
> (change directories to wherever you saved the attachment)
>
> $ sh ./culprits.sh
>
> Then, please reply to <debian-x@lists.debian.org> with the output of the
> above command.
>
> (The functionality of the attachment is built-in to more recent versions
> of the Debian XFree86 packages.)
>
> --
> G. Branden Robinson | You could wire up a dead rat to a
> Debian GNU/Linux | DIMM socket and the PC BIOS memory
> branden@debian.org | test would pass it just fine.
> http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Ethan Benson
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