Bug#246590: xlibmesa-gl-dev: unable to create `./usr/X11R6/include/GL/glx.h': No such file or directory

[Marques Johansson <displague@displague.com>]

Package: xlibmesa-gl-dev
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1
Severity: normal
Followup-For: Bug #246590


I am getting a similar problem installing this package.  dpkg -x ... / works fine, so I tried extracting the package into /tmp and created a tgz - I then aliened that package into a deb.  Strangely enough the install fails with the same error.

[displague@fall] /tmp/xlibmesa-gl-dev_4.3.0.dfsg.1-1_i386/usr/X11R6/include/GL> sudo cp glx.h /usr/X11R6/include/GL/
 -- that much works...
[displague@fall] /tmp/xlibmesa-gl-dev_4.3.0.dfsg.1-1_i386/usr/X11R6/include/GL> sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibmesa-gl-dev_4.3.0.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 188515 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xlibmesa-gl-dev (from .../xlibmesa-gl-dev_4.3.0.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibmesa-gl-dev_4.3.0.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb (--install):
 unable to create `./usr/X11R6/include/GL/glx.h': No such file or directory
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibmesa-gl-dev_4.3.0.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.5-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US