On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 02:29:21PM +0100, Wolfgang Dautermann wrote: > Hi, > during the latest apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade I got the following > Messages, which I should report to that mail-adress: > > [...] > Preparing to replace xfonts-scalable 4.1.0-16woody1 (using > .../xfonts-scalable_4.1.0-16woody3_all.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement xfonts-scalable ... > (Reading database ... 66177 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace xbase-clients 4.1.0-16woody1 (using > .../xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody3_ia64.deb) ... > Warning: /etc/X11/xkb/compiled symbolic link points to the wrong place. > Removing. > 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_4.1.0-16woody3_ia64.deb (--unpack): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Analyzing /etc/X11/xkb/compiled: > drwxr-xr-x 73 root root 4096 Feb 3 11:24 /etc > drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Feb 24 13:45 /etc/X11 > drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Feb 24 13:45 /etc/X11/xkb > /etc/X11/xkb/compiled: nonexistent > ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/compiled symbolic link does not exist. Either the > package > didn't ship the symbolic link (a bug in the package), or dpkg failed to > unpack > it to the filesystem (a bug in dpkg). > Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above error > message(s) to <debian-x@lists.debian.org>. > > I believe, that will not cause many problems here, we use that machine > usually remote and a local X-Server is not often used, but it seems, > that there is an bug in an debian-Package (at least in the > ia64-Version). If you need more information - just send me a mail). Thanks for the report. Does the package install successfully if you use the following command?: dpkg -i --force-confmiss xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody3_all.deb -- G. Branden Robinson | When dogma enters the brain, all Debian GNU/Linux | intellectual activity ceases. branden@debian.org | -- Robert Anton Wilson http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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