Bug#362885: x11-common: unable to upgrade, rmdir: /usr/X11R6/bin: Directory not empty
On 2006-05-14 21:06:50 -0400, David Nusinow wrote:
> We've found a good solution for this bug.
A solution that breaks the system is not a good solution. The breakage
for official Debian packages is avoided thanks to the many conflicts
in the "Conflicts:" field, but this doesn't work with packages that
come from a 3rd party source[*]: as there's no such conflict, one can
install/uninstall them without any error, with the effect that dpkg
removes the symbolic link /usr/X11R6/bin (and prevents any later
upgrade of x11-common).
[*] or a patched official package (following some Debian documentation).
And even with only official Debian packages, this solution is fragile,
because if some new package adds /usr/X11R6/bin by mistake, this will
also break the system.
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