Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 19:43:09 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:

> Ian Jackson writes ("Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken 	Shift"):
> > Julien Cristau writes ("Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken 	Shift"):
> > > Hrm.  Why is dpkg unpacking xkb-data before removing -legacy?  Looks
> > > like some Conflicts/Replaces are missing there.
> > 
> > Because that's what an in-place replacement looks like.  That's
> > precisely the consequence of the Conflicts.
> 
> Sorry, thaat was perhaps rather terse.  See policy 6.6, bullet 2 and
> the rest of the consequences.
> 
Thanks.

> Does xkb-data intentionally contain a nondirectory where
> xkb-data-legacy contains a directory ?
> 
I have no idea.  The -legacy version is pretty much abandoned at this
point, but feel free to file a bug since this looks like something we
ought to fix.

Cheers,
Julien