Bug#327641: xlibmesa-gl: Package install fails - directory does not exist - tries off cwd vs. root
On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 14:10 -0400, Robert Wilkens wrote:
> Package: xlibmesa-gl
> Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5
> Severity: normal
>
> Installing (or apt-get dist-upgrade to install) results in a failure,
> the package tries to install in "./usr/X11R6/lib/" but it shouldn't be
> based off of "." -- rather it should be based off of "/" because the
> "/usr/X11R6/lib" directory DOES exist. If the directory (not off root)
> it's trying to install to is a correct temporary directory then it needs
> to mkdir it first.
>
> Below is install message.
>
> Preparing to replace xlibmesa-gl 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 (using
> ..../xlibmesa-gl_6.8.2.dfsg.1-6_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement xlibmesa-gl ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibmesa-gl_6.8.2.dfsg.1-6_i386.deb (--unpack):
> unable to create `./usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2': No such file or
> directory
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
*Every* .deb contains paths starting with ./ . It looks like there's
something wrong with dpkg or otherwise with your system.
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