Bug#396279: x11-common: sarge to etch upgrade fails if xlbiff is installed.

[Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>]

Package: x11-common
Version: 1:7.1.0-5
Severity: serious

Hello Debian X Strike Force,

When xlbiff is installed, upgrading x11-common from sarge to etch
fails with 

  Unpacking x11-common (from .../x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-5_i386.deb) ...
  rmdir: `/usr/X11R6/bin': Directory not empty
  dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-5_i386.deb (--unpack):
   subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-5_i386.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The Sarge package xlbiff includes the file /usr/X11R6/bin/xlbiff

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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