On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 00:32:40 -0400 "Henk Boom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been trying to upgrade to xorg 7 for a few days now, and have > managed to get just far enough through that the old X won't work > anymore, but not far enough that the new one will =(. > > Everything is hinging on the upgrade of x11-common, which I've heard > is the hardest part of this upgrade. The issue is that the > post-install of x11-common fails in a way which I do not know how to > fix. After moving /usr/X11R6/bin to oldbin to get around the first > error message, I get something odd concerning the presence (or lack) > of the symlink /usr/include/X11. This is not present on my system, and > I do not know where it should point to. I also don't know why this > should block the install of x11-common. > > My father has succeeded in getting around this problem by completely > uninstalling x11-common (and about 80 packages that depended on it), > and then re-installing it. However, this is not practical in my case > because I have many more relevant packages installed, and this would > involved uninstalling most of my system. What can I do to successfully > upgrade my system? > [SNIP] After successfully upgrading xorg on my etch system, /usr/include/X11 is a directory rather than a symbolic link. Try creating the directory and repeating the upgrade attempt. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
