Bug#845398: x11-common: Can't configure

[Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>]

Package: x11-common
Version: 1:7.7+17
Followup-For: Bug #845398


Attached is a log file of running x11-common.postinst with set -x



-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages x11-common depends on:
ii  lsb-base  9.20161101

x11-common recommends no packages.

x11-common suggests no packages.

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/20x11-common_process-args changed [not included]

-- debconf information:
  x11-common/xwrapper/allowed_users: Console Users Only
  x11-common/xwrapper/actual_allowed_users: console

Setting up x11-common (1:7.7+17) ...
+ '[' -f /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ']'
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
++ '[' '!' '' ']'
++ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1
++ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY
++ '[' '' ']'
++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/x11-common.postinst configure 1:7.7+16
+ '[' -f /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ']'
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
++ '[' '!' 1 ']'
++ '[' -z '' ']'
++ exec
++ '[' '' ']'
++ exec
++ DEBCONF_REDIR=1
++ export DEBCONF_REDIR
+ db_purge x11-common/xwrapper/allowed_users
+ _db_cmd 'PURGE x11-common/xwrapper/allowed_users'
+ _db_internal_IFS=' 	
'
+ IFS=' '
+ printf '%s\n' 'PURGE x11-common/xwrapper/allowed_users'
+ IFS=' 	
'
+ IFS='
'
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ RET='20 Incorrect number of arguments'
+ case ${_db_internal_line%%[ 	]*} in
+ return 20
dpkg: error processing package x11-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 20
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-common:
 xserver-common depends on x11-common; however:
  Package x11-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package xserver-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xvfb:
 xvfb depends on xserver-common (>= 2:1.19.0-1); however:
  Package xserver-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package xvfb (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xfonts-utils:
 xfonts-utils depends on x11-common; however:
  Package x11-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package xfonts-utils (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-xephyr:
 xserver-xephyr depends on xserver-common (>= 2:1.19.0-1); however:
  Package xserver-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package xserver-xephyr (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xwayland:
 xwayland depends on xserver-common (>= 2:1.19.0-1); however:
  Package xserver-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package xwayland (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xorg:
 xorg depends on xfonts-utils; however:
  Package xfonts-utils is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package xorg (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 x11-common
 xserver-common
 xvfb
 xfonts-utils
 xserver-xephyr
 xwayland
 xorg