tag 228810 + moreinfo
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On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 08:12:10PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.3.0-0pre1v5
> Severity: normal
>
> Installing this package in a chroot the quick-n-dirty way, in a clean
> chroot:
>
> root@dragon:/home/joey/lib/chroot/sid>cp /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-0pre1v5_i386.deb .
> root@dragon:/home/joey/lib/chroot/sid>chroot . bin/sh
> dpkg -i xdragon:/# dpkg -i xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-0pre1v5_i386.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package xserver-xfree86.
> (Reading database ... 6685 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking xserver-xfree86 (from xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-0pre1v5_i386.deb) ...
> perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
> LANGUAGE = (unset),
> LC_ALL = (unset),
> LC_COLLATE = "C",
> LC_TIME = "C",
> LANG = "en_US"
> are supported and installed on your system.
> perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
> ln: creating symbolic link `/etc/X11/X' to `/bin/true': No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-0pre1v5_i386.deb (--install):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-0pre1v5_i386.deb
> dragon:/#
> dragon:/# ls /bin/true
> /bin/true
> dragon:/# cd /etc/X11
> bin/sh: cd: /etc/X11: No such file or directory
> dragon:/etc# ls -l X11
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2920 Jan 21 01:05 X11
>
> It seems to be an automatically generated X config file.
>
> Whatever provides /etc/X11, it is not guaranteed to be installed when the
> preinst of the package runs, and apparently copies a XF86Config-4 file to
> /etc/X11.
xserver-xfree86 (transitively) depends on xfree86-common:
Package: xserver-xfree86
[...]
Source: xfree86
Version: 4.3.0-0pre1v5
[...]
Depends: xserver-common (>= 4.2.1-10), libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1), debconf (>= 0.5)
Package: xserver-common
[...]
Source: xfree86
Version: 4.3.0-0pre1v5
[...]
Depends: debconf (>= 1.0.21), xfree86-common (>= 4.2.1-5), libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), debconf (>= 0.5)
xfree86-common provides the /etc/X11 directory:
% dpkg -S /etc/X11
xfs, proxymngr, xfm, libxt6, xfonts-100dpi, xfonts-base-transcoded, xfonts-75dpi, xfonts-cyrillic, lbxproxy, xutils, gsfonts-x11, gv, xlibs-data, ssh-askpass, groff, twm, xprt-common, xpaint, xdm, xlibs, fvwm, xfonts-base, xmh, xfonts-scalable, xserver-common, gdm, wdm, xlockmore, xbase-clients, xawtv, nethack-x11, tetex-base, xterm, xfree86-common: /etc/X11
% cat ~/packages/xfree86/svn/branches/4.3.0/sid/debian/xfree86-common.dirs
etc/X11/Xresources
I do not understand how you experienced the failure you describe. Can
you help me understand it?
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