Bug#322920: bug in the postrm script of the x11-common package
Package: x11-common
Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5
**Error text
defiant:~# aptitude dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
The following packages are unused and will be REMOVED:
a2ps bzip2 evolution-data-server1.2 libexif10 libgtkhtml2-0 libpng10-0
lpr miscfiles psutils wdiff xli xscreensaver
The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
aspell evolution-data-server libaspell15c2 libdmx-dev libexif12
libgksuui1.0-1 libglu1-xorg libmodplug0c2 libosp4c2 libsigc++-1.2-5c2
libxdmcp-dev libxinerama-dev libxkbui-dev libxres-dev libxss-dev
libxvmc-dev libxvmc1 libxxf86dga-dev libxxf86misc-dev libxxf86vm-dev
python2.3-cjkcodecs python2.4-minimal xfce4-modemlights-plugin
The following packages will be automatically REMOVED:
libgksuui1.0-0 libmodplug0 libosp4 libsigc++-1.2-5c102 xlibmesa-glu
The following packages have been kept back:
alsa-base alsa-utils alsamixergui gftp gftp-common gftp-gtk gftp-text
The following NEW packages will be installed:
aspell evolution-data-server libaspell15c2 libdmx-dev libexif12
libgksuui1.0-1 libglu1-xorg libmodplug0c2 libosp4c2 libsigc++-1.2-5c2
libxdmcp-dev libxinerama-dev libxkbui-dev libxres-dev libxss-dev
libxvmc-dev libxvmc1 libxxf86dga-dev libxxf86misc-dev libxxf86vm-dev
python2.3-cjkcodecs python2.4-minimal reportbug xfce4-modemlights-plugin
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libgksuui1.0-0 libmodplug0 libosp4 libsigc++-1.2-5c102 xlibmesa-glu
The following packages will be upgraded:
adduser apt apt-utils aptitude aspell-en bsdutils capplets-data
console-common cpio cpp cpp-4.0 dash e2fslibs e2fsprogs
epiphany-extensions ethereal ethereal-common fam fastjar gaim gaim-data
gcc gcc-4.0 gimp gimp-data gimp-svg gksu gnome-control-center hotplug
imagemagick iptables jikes lbxproxy libao2 libaspell15 libblkid1 libcurl3
libdb1-compat libdb4.3 libdmx1 libdps1 libfs6 libgcj-common libgimp2.0
libgksu1.2-0 libgpmg1 libgtkspell0 libhal-storage0 libhal0
libjack0.100.0-0 libmagick6 libmudflap0 libmudflap0-dev
libnautilus-extension1 libnewt0.51 libselinux1 libss2 libt1-5 libuuid1
libxaw7 libxaw8 libxdmcp6 libxfce4mcs-client-2 libxfce4mcs-manager-2
libxfce4util-1 libxfcegui4-3 libxine-dev libxine1 libxkbui1 libxss1
libxv-dev libxv1 libxxf86dga1 libxxf86misc1 libxxf86vm1 make
module-init-tools mount mousepad mozilla-firefox nautilus nautilus-data
openoffice.org openoffice.org-bin openoffice.org-debian-files
openoffice.org-l10n-en pcmcia-cs pm-dev proxymngr python2.4 streamripper
tasksel ttf-opensymbol twm ucf util-linux whiptail x-window-system
x-window-system-core x11-common xbase-clients xchat xchat-common xdm
xfcalendar xfce4-appfinder xfce4-battery-plugin xfce4-clipman-plugin
xfce4-datetime-plugin xfce4-diskperf-plugin xfce4-iconbox
xfce4-mcs-manager xfce4-mcs-plugins xfce4-netload-plugin xfce4-panel
xfce4-session xfce4-showdesktop-plugin xfce4-systray xfce4-toys
xfce4-trigger-launcher xfce4-utils xfce4-wavelan-plugin
xfce4-weather-plugin xfld-desktop xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base
xfonts-scalable xfprint4 xfs xfwm4 xfwm4-themes xfwp xlibmesa-dri
xlibmesa-gl xlibs-dev xlibs-static-dev xnest xpdf xpdf-common xpdf-reader
xpdf-utils xserver-common xserver-xorg xterm xutils xvfb
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
aptitude-doc-en debconf-utils gimp-print jackd
147 packages upgraded, 24 newly installed, 17 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/165MB of archives. After unpacking 6640kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
WARNING: untrusted versions of the following packages will be installed!
Untrusted packages could compromise your system's security.
You should only proceed with the installation if you are certain that
this is what you want to do.
xfce4-modemlights-plugin xfld-desktop
Do you want to ignore this warning and proceed anyway?
To continue, enter "Yes"; to abort, enter "No": Yes
Writing extended state information... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ...
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `x11-common'
missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
64686 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace x11-common 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 (using
.../x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-5_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement x11-common ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-5_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/Xsession', which is also in package xorg-common
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
usage error: replace_conffile_with_symlink_rollback() called with
wrong number of arguments; expected 2, got 1
Please report a bug in the postrm script of the x11-common package,
version 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 to the Debian Bug Tracking System. Include all
messages above that mention the x11-common package. Visit
<http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting> on the World Wide Web for
instructions,
read the file /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt from the
doc-debian package, or install the reportbug package and use the
command of
the same name to file a report.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 99
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-5_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libx11-6:
libx11-6 depends on x11-common (>> 4.3.0); however:
Package x11-common is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libx11-6 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libx11-dev:
libx11-dev depends on libx11-6 (= 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5); however:
Package libx11-6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libx11-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxtrap-dev:
libxtrap-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxtrap-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of evolution:
evolution depends on evolution-data-server (>= 1.2.3); however:
Package evolution-data-server is not installed.
dpkg: error processing evolution (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxmu-dev:
libxmu-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxmu-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxpm-dev:
libxpm-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxpm-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxp-dev:
libxp-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxp-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxrandr-dev:
libxrandr-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxrandr-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxtst-dev:
libxtst-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxtst-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxi-dev:
libxi-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxi-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xlibs:
xlibs depends on libx11-6; however:
Package libx11-6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xlibs (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxt-dev:
libxt-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxt-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of evolution-plugins:
evolution-plugins depends on evolution (= 2.2.3-2); however:
Package evolution is not configured yet.
evolution-plugins depends on evolution; however:
Package evolution is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing evolution-plugins (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxmuu-dev:
libxmuu-dev depends on libx11-dev; however:
Package libx11-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxmuu-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgtk2.0-bin:
libgtk2.0-bin depends on libx11-6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0); however:
Package libx11-6 is not configured yet.
Package xlibs is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgtk2.0-bin (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgtk2.0-0:
libgtk2.0-0 depends on libgtk2.0-bin (>= 2.6.9-1); however:
Package libgtk2.0-bin is not configured yet.
libgtk2.0-0 depends on libx11-6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0); however:
Package libx11-6 is not configured yet.
Package xlibs is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgtk2.0-0 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mozilla-browser:
mozilla-browser depends on libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.6.0); however:
Package libgtk2.0-0 is not configured yet.
mozilla-browser depends on libx11-6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0); however:
Package libx11-6 is not configured yet.
Package xlibs is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mozilla-browser (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mozilla-psm:
mozilla-psm depends on mozilla-browser (= 2:1.7.10-1); however:
Package mozilla-browser is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mozilla-psm (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libx11-6
libx11-dev
libxtrap-dev
evolution
libxmu-dev
libxpm-dev
libxp-dev
libxrandr-dev
libxtst-dev
libxi-dev
xlibs
libxt-dev
evolution-plugins
libxmuu-dev
libgtk2.0-bin
libgtk2.0-0
mozilla-browser
mozilla-psm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
defiant:~#
**sources.list
#deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ sid main
deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb-src ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
#xfce
deb http://www.os-works.com/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://www.os-works.com/debian/ unstable main
#xine
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main
#skype
#deb http://archive.daniel-baumann.ch/debian/repository sarge skype
#deb-src http://archive.daniel-baumann.ch/debian/repository sarge skype
#deb http://archive.unable-to-package.org/debian-utp sarge main
contrib non-free restricted
#deb-src http://archive.unable-to-package.org/debian-utp sarge main
contrib non-free restricted
#figlet
#deb ftp://ftp.port80.se/debian/pool/non-free/f/figlet/ unstable main non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
**Kernel
Linux defiant 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Thu May 19 17:40:50 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
**Shared C Library
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2005-08-13 09:15 /lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.3.5.so
**System info
Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop
I had previously setup xorg from the repositry at deb
http://neo.wh-stuttgart.de and this maybe why I have the issue, as
I've switched over to the debian unstable repositry.
Thanks for the fine job you do
Regards.. Ciemon
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