Bug#370445: xserver-xorg-core: Package fails to install

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 14:09 +0100, Chris Jones wrote:
> On 5 Jun 2006, at 13:39, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 11:33 +0100, Chris Jones wrote:
> >> Package: xserver-xorg-core
> >> Version: 1:1.0.2-8
> >> Severity: grave
> >> Justification: renders package unusable
> >>
> >> Package fails to install on testing
> >>
> >> Extracting templates from packages: 100%
> >> Preconfiguring packages ...
> >> (Reading database ... 216498 files and directories currently  
> >> installed.)
> >> Unpacking xserver-xorg-core (from
> >> .../xserver-xorg-core_1%3a1.0.2-8_i386.deb) ...
> >> dpkg: error processing
> >> /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-core_1%3a1.0.2-8_i386.deb
> >> (--unpack):
> >>  unable to create `./usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so':  
> >> No such
> >>  file or directory
> >
> > Problems like this are usually caused by broken diversions, e.g. from
> > proprietary drivers.
> 
> I am using the packaged nvidia driver from non-free, but surely if  
> this causes problems it should be listed as a package conflict.

It's probably not a conflict but just a bug in the other package.


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