Bug#231569: xfree86-common: dangling symlink to rgb.txt

[Jon Dowland <jon@dowland.name>]

Package: xfree86-common
Version: 4.2.1-16
Severity: normal

I have installed xfree86-common as part of the dependencies for
vncserver. This machine does not run a local X server.

Attempting to start the terminal emulator 'rxvt' fails for me with the
error:
        rxvt: can't load color "Black"
        rxvt: can't load color "Black"
        rxvt: aborting

On investigation I notice that

        $ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt
        ... 16 2004-02-07 13:28 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt -> /etc/X11/rgb.txt
        $ ls -l /etc/X11/rgb.txt
        ls: /etc/X11/rgb.txt: No such file or directory

and

        $ dpkg -S rgb.txt
        xfree86-common: /etc/X11/rgb.txt
        xfree86-common: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt

I believe this could be related to the problem. I do not know if rgb.txt
should be in the package xfree86-common, but I do believe that this
dangling symlink should not result from normal package installation.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.2.21
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB

Versions of packages xfree86-common depends on:
ii  debconf                       1.4.8      Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                   2.6.2      Miscellaneous utilities specific t

-- debconf information:
  xfree86-common/experimental_packages: