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Package: xkb-data
Version: 1.7-1
Severity: important
I am unable to complete the upgrade of xkb-data from 1.6-1 to 1.7-1.
I was able to boil down the problem to the following:
$ sudo dpkg -D2 --configure xkb-data
Setting up xkb-data (1.7-1) ...
D02: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/info/xkb-data.post
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Julien Cristau wrote:
> Would the following patch fix this for you?
Looks like it would.
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On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 13:52:16 -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> It seems to me that the easiest fix for this is to not check for a running
> xdm if xdm is being freshly installed ($1 = install, $2 = "").
>
Would the following patch fix this for you?
If so, I'll upload it ASAP.
Cheers,
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Package: xdm
Version: 1:1.0.5-1
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i
I'd like to include xdm in the xfce task, but I can't since it fails as
follows:
Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing.
cat: /var/run/xdm.pid: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing xdm (--configure);
subproces
Package: x11-common
Version: 1:7.0.20
Severity: normal
The system I am trying to upgrade has third-party packages that
installed stuff in /usr/X11R6/bin. Since that caused the upgrade to
fail, I have moved everything out of /usr/X11R6/bin and am trying to
pick up the peices.
adsdebian:/usr/lib# l
Your message dated Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:36:04 -0400
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7Le mercredi 19 avril 2006 à 16:10 -0700, Steve Langasek a écrit :
> > For sure I have a better upgrade path:
> > - keep a compatibility symbolic link in /usr/X11R6/bin/X, and ditto the
> > few other ones that can cause breakage upon upgrade ;
> > - hunt down packages using them ;
> > - release et
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 08:26:37PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le mardi 18 avril 2006 à 11:14 -0700, Steve Langasek a écrit :
> > > The postinst contains the following:
> > > if [ -d "/usr/X11R6/bin" ] && [ ! -L /usr/X11R6/bin ]; then
> > > rmdir "/usr/X11R6/bin" || die "Could not remove /us
Le mardi 18 avril 2006 à 21:43 +0300, Daniel Stone a écrit :
> Apparently you don't understand all the issues involved.
Oh, right, I don't understand anything, and the GREAT and MIGHTY Daniel
Stone knows better.
> It's kind of cute that you just attempt to handwave this away as having
> 'no justi
Le mardi 18 avril 2006 à 11:14 -0700, Steve Langasek a écrit :
> > The postinst contains the following:
> > if [ -d "/usr/X11R6/bin" ] && [ ! -L /usr/X11R6/bin ]; then
> > rmdir "/usr/X11R6/bin" || die "Could not remove /usr/X11R6/bin. Is not
> > yet empty. Please remove any items still in the d
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Bug#363362: x11-common: postinst fails if /usr/X11R6/bin is not empty
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> thanks
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severity 363362 important
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On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 07:30:53PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> The postinst contains the following:
> if [ -d "/usr/X11R6/bin" ] && [ ! -L /usr/X11R6/bin ]; then
> rmdir "/usr/X11R6/bin" || die "Could not remove /usr/X11R6/bin. Is not
> yet empty. Please r
Package: x11-common
Version: 1:7.0.14
Severity: grave
The postinst contains the following:
if [ -d "/usr/X11R6/bin" ] && [ ! -L /usr/X11R6/bin ]; then
rmdir "/usr/X11R6/bin" || die "Could not remove /usr/X11R6/bin. Is not
yet empty. Please remove any items still in the directory. You can move
Daniel Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
>> if [ ! -L "/usr/X11R6/bin" ] && [ -d "/usr/X11R6/bin" ]; then
>> is more readable.
> More readable, not as portable.
Which systems have problems with that? [ ! sometest ] is
posix-compatible.
cu and- just wondering -reas
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On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 04:09:44PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> On 2006-04-17 Harald Dunkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> > Suggested patch:
>
> > --- debian/x11-common.postinst.in~ 2006-04-15 18:33:45.0 +0200
> > +++ debian/x11-common.postinst.in 2006-04-17 15:16:42.0
severity 363079 normal
merge 363079 362846
thanks
On Monday 17 April 2006 15:28, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> -if [ ! -L -e -d "/usr/X11R6/bin" ]; then
> +if ! [ -L "/usr/X11R6/bin" ] && [ -d "/usr/X11R6/bin" ]; then
This bug was already filed as #362846 and was already fixed, though the
fixed version
On 2006-04-17 Harald Dunkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> Suggested patch:
> --- debian/x11-common.postinst.in~ 2006-04-15 18:33:45.0 +0200
> +++ debian/x11-common.postinst.in 2006-04-17 15:16:42.0 +0200
> @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
>fi
> fi
> -if [ ! -L -e -d "/usr/X1
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Bug#362846: /var/lib/dpkg/info/x11-common.postinst: line 918: [: too many
arguments
Bug#363079: x11-common pos
Package: x11-common
Version: 7.0.12
Severity: serious
Tags: patch
The postinst script fails:
# dpkg -i x11-common_1%3a7.0.12_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 76526 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace x11-common 1:7.0.10 (using
x11-common_1%3a7.0.12_amd64.deb) ...
Unpa
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Subject: xserver-common: postinst fails if /var/lib/xfree86 does no
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Subject: xserver-common: postinst fails if /var/lib/xfree86 does no
reassign 206916 xfree86
severity 206916 important
merge 206790 206916
thanks
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Hello,
You recently filed a duplicate bug report against Debian's XFree86
packages; that is, the problem had already been reported.
While there is often nothing inherently wrong with d
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Bug#206916: xserver-common: postinst fails if /var/lib/xfree86 does not exist
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> severity 206916 important
Bug#206916: xserver-common: postinst fails if
Package: xserver-common
Version: 4.2.1-10
Severity: grave
Tags: sid patch
Justification: renders package unusable
I was installing X on a new laptop and went from a testing version of
woody DVD I had stright to sid (via ftp) so no Xfree86 packages had been
installed before.
The postinst script e
reassign 206916 xfree86
severity 206916 important
merge 206790 206916
thanks
[The following is a form letter.]
Hello,
You recently filed a duplicate bug report against Debian's XFree86
packages; that is, the problem had already been reported.
While there is often nothing inherently wrong with d
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> reassign 206916 xfree86
Bug#206916: xserver-common: postinst fails if /var/lib/xfree86 does not exist
Bug reassigned from package `xserver-common' to `xfree86'.
> severity 206916 important
Bug#206916: xserver-common: postinst fails if
Package: xserver-common
Version: 4.2.1-10
Severity: grave
Tags: sid patch
Justification: renders package unusable
I was installing X on a new laptop and went from a testing version of
woody DVD I had stright to sid (via ftp) so no Xfree86 packages had been
installed before.
The postinst script e
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* SPENER Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001121 07:08]:
> dpkg --unpack xserver-xfree86_4.0.1-6_i386.deb && lynx -source
> http://togo.dhs.org/debian/xserver-xfree86.postinst.diff | patch -p0 -d
> /var/lib/dpkg/info && dpkg --configure --pending
Any reason why you reversed the order of the ln -sf
try:
dpkg --unpack xserver-xfree86_4.0.1-6_i386.deb && lynx -source
http://togo.dhs.org/debian/xserver-xfree86.postinst.diff | patch -p0 -d
/var/lib/dpkg/info && dpkg --configure --pending
works for me
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SPENER Christian
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
snail-mail: A-8010 GRAZ, Schanzelgasse 19
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Seth,
I ran into this problem. As a workaround,I linked /usr/X11R/bin/X to that
one specified in the error message. Then, I edited /etc/X11/Xserver to be
"Anybody" instead of "console." This is grossly insecure. Has anyone else
have this problem?
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Seth Arnold wrote:
|Brande
* SPENER Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001121 07:08]:
> dpkg --unpack xserver-xfree86_4.0.1-6_i386.deb && lynx -source
> http://togo.dhs.org/debian/xserver-xfree86.postinst.diff | patch -p0 -d
> /var/lib/dpkg/info && dpkg --configure --pending
Any reason why you reversed the order of the ln -s
try:
dpkg --unpack xserver-xfree86_4.0.1-6_i386.deb && lynx -source
http://togo.dhs.org/debian/xserver-xfree86.postinst.diff | patch -p0 -d
/var/lib/dpkg/info && dpkg --configure --pending
works for me
---
SPENER Christian
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
snail-mail: A-8010 GRAZ, Schanzelgasse 19
te
Seth,
I ran into this problem. As a workaround,I linked /usr/X11R/bin/X to that
one specified in the error message. Then, I edited /etc/X11/Xserver to be
"Anybody" instead of "console." This is grossly insecure. Has anyone else
have this problem?
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Seth Arnold wrote:
|Brand
Branden, my roommate is having trouble with the 4.0.1-6 upgrade. He
started out with a previous 4.0.1-x release, likely -3, -4 or -5. The
error message returned is that the postinst failed. We have received two
different error messages -- exit status 1 and exit status 5.
Running startx as a user g
Branden, my roommate is having trouble with the 4.0.1-6 upgrade. He
started out with a previous 4.0.1-x release, likely -3, -4 or -5. The
error message returned is that the postinst failed. We have received two
different error messages -- exit status 1 and exit status 5.
Running startx as a user
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 08:09:20PM -0500, Derek Witt wrote:
> Easy to solve, just run apt-get install dialog. I got the same error here.
I know that. I was just reporting the problem.. Thanks
Stephen
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Easy to solve, just run apt-get install dialog. I got the same error here.
- Derek J Witt, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 08:09:20PM -0500, Derek Witt wrote:
> Easy to solve, just run apt-get install dialog. I got the same error here.
I know that. I was just reporting the problem.. Thanks
Stephen
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Easy to solve, just run apt-get install dialog. I got the same error here.
- Derek J Witt, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Setting up xserver-xfree86 (4.0.1-0phase2v15) ...
dexter: unknown X server (/usr/bin/dexter: dialog: command not found)
detected!
dpkg: error processing xserver-xfree86 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Stephen
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Setting up xserver-xfree86 (4.0.1-0phase2v15) ...
dexter: unknown X server (/usr/bin/dexter: dialog: command not found)
detected!
dpkg: error processing xserver-xfree86 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Stephen
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