On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 02:02:37AM +0100, Sebastian Rosenkiewicz wrote: > > Preparing to replace xbase-clients 4.0.3-4 (using > > .../xbase-clients_4.1.0-11_i386.deb) ... > > ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp exists and is not a symbolic link. This > > package cannot be installed until this file is removed. > > Aborting installation of xbase-clients package. > > dpkg: error processing > > /var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-11_i386.deb (--unpack): > > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp is not a symbolic link. The package preinst > > script should have failed. > > Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above error > > message(s) to <debian-x@lists.debian.org>. > > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > Please mail us the output of: > > dpkg -S /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp
I renamed xkbcomp in that dir to xkbcomp.bak, and the package installs smoothly. The xkbcomp file is now a symlink to /usr/X11R6/bin/xkbcomp. The output is probably useless now, but anyway here you go: linux:~# dpkg -S /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp xbase-clients: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp > Also, did you put anything in that directory by hand (i.e., not with > dpkg)? No I didn't. But there's a redundant "symbols.dir.dpkg-dist" file put by some other package upgrade. Sebastian Rosenkiewicz -- | Student at Technical University of Gdansk | ICQ 51979800 IRCNet: @#elblag, @#pg | http://irc.cei.pl | Time not important, only life important...
