Bug#362859: marked as done (/var/lib/dpkg/info/x11-common.postinst: line 918: [: too many arguments)
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and subject line Bug#363079: x11-common postinst fails about broken test
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Package: x11-common
Version: 1:7.0.12
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
I think this is what you were looking for.
--- debian/x11-common.postinst.in.old 2006-04-16 01:25:57.000000000 +0100
+++ debian/x11-common.postinst.in 2006-04-16 01:29:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
fi
fi
-if [ ! -L -e -d "/usr/X11R6/bin" ]; then
+if [ ! -L "/usr/X11R6/bin" ] && [ -e "/usr/X11R6/bin" ] && [ -d "/usr/X11R6/bin" ] ; then
rmdir "/usr/X11R6/bin" || die "Could not remove /usr/X11R6/bin. Is not yet empty. Please remove any items still in the directory. You can move them back after the install has completed successfully."
fi
if ! [ -e "/usr/X11R6/bin" ]; then
Take care,
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF8)
Versions of packages x11-common depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.72 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.15.5 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii laptop-detect 0.12.1 attempt to detect a laptop
ii lsb-base 3.1-3 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
x11-common recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
* x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value: -10
* x11-common/xwrapper/allowed_users: Console Users Only
x11-common/experimental_packages:
x11-common/xwrapper/actual_allowed_users: console
x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value/error:
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 7.0.13
On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 15:28 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Package: x11-common
> Version: 7.0.12
> Severity: serious
> Tags: patch
>
> The postinst script fails:
>
> # dpkg -i x11-common_1%3a7.0.12_amd64.deb
> (Reading database ... 76526 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace x11-common 1:7.0.10 (using x11-common_1%3a7.0.12_amd64.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement x11-common ...
> Setting up x11-common (7.0.12) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/x11-common.postinst: line 918: [: too many arguments
Thanks for the report. This is fixed in 7.0.13, which was uploaded
earlier on today.
Regards,
Adam
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