On: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:04:35 -0400 Mark H Mabry writes: > > I've been running slink for a few weeks. Last night I upgraded and > xbase and xserver failed to install. What is worse is that somehow > they deleted (at least) the "xdm" executable. Some of the message > during the failure said that the file > > /var/dpkg/(i forgot dirname)/tmp.ci/preinst > > does not exist. When I went to look for preinst, I found that the > dir "tmp.ci" didn't exist. Does anyone know what the problem is > here? Any workarounds?
Install the previous version of these packages. I remember having read a warning regarding this in the last days, let's see if I find them ... Yep, found: [1 <text/plain; us-ascii (quoted-printable)>] I just want to reiterate my warning to everyone that the new X packages are not ready for prime time yet. Only those willing to help debug silly packaging errors should use the new version (3.3.2.3a-3). Other should use dpkg or dselect to put their X packages on hold. Those who do not auto-upgrade from the slink tree have nothing to worry about. I'm working on 3.3.2.3a-4 now. Thanks to Joseph Carter for helping find some bugs in -3. -- G. Branden Robinson | The only way to get rid of a temptation Debian GNU/Linux | is to yield to it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Oscar Wilde cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | [2 <application/pgp-signature>] I set all X11 packages on hold (as well as Emacs and XEmacs[1]) and tetex-bin which has some problems too. Torsten Footnotes: [1] I don't want to update Emacsen every 2nd day.