Bug#395283: Missing version of Xfree86-common
Hi Cam,
you wrote:
> Package: xfree86-common
> Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1
>
> Debian packaging system shows this package as contained in
> pool-kfreebsd-i386/main/x/xorg-x11/.
Exactly how did you determine this, and are you running a FreeBSD
version of Debian? (If you aren't sure, you probably are not.)
> This does not make sense. Further, the only versions available in the
> /debian/main/x/xfree86/ directory are the woody and sarge versions,
> which do not meet the dependency cited below:
>
> libx11-6: Depends: xfree86-common (> 4.3.0) but it is not installed
What version of libx11-6 are you trying to install, what version of
Debian are you using, and what's in your /etc/apt/sources.list?
If you are running Sarge, the xfree86-common package available there is
version 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge2, which certainly does satisfy the
versioned dependency "xfree86-common (> 4.3.0)". You can install this
version of xfree86-common with apt-get, aptitude, dselect, or synaptic;
or download it directly from here and install with "dpkg -i":
http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/x/xfree86/xfree86-common_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge2_all.deb
If you are running Etch or Sid, the libx11-6 there is version 2:1.0.3-2,
and it depends on x11-common, not xfree86-common.
If you are having problems with packages from backports.org, you should
contact the mailing lists there, not submit bug reports to debian.org.
best regards,
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