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



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On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 02:15:40PM +0000, Jon Dowland wrote:
> 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.

Well, the file /etc/X11/rgb.txt was part of the package payload
according to dpkg, so the file should exist, unless you removed it
yourself.  Because files in /etc that are shipped by packages are
"conffiles", dpkg will treat them specially, and attempt to preserve
your local modifications.

This includes file deletion.

Please try reinstalling xfree86-common with "dpkg -i --force-confmiss",
and please let me know if this resolves the problem.

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