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

[Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>]

Hi Bill,

On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 11:31:32PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> 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

The xlbiff package in sarge is at version 4.1-1, and x11-common in etch
already has a conflicts: with xlbiff (<= 4.1-1.1).  Do you have any idea
what's missing here?

Thanks,
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