On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 14:10 -0400, Robert Wilkens wrote: > Package: xlibmesa-gl > Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 > Severity: normal > > Installing (or apt-get dist-upgrade to install) results in a failure, > the package tries to install in "./usr/X11R6/lib/" but it shouldn't be > based off of "." -- rather it should be based off of "/" because the > "/usr/X11R6/lib" directory DOES exist. If the directory (not off root) > it's trying to install to is a correct temporary directory then it needs > to mkdir it first. > > Below is install message. > > Preparing to replace xlibmesa-gl 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 (using > ..../xlibmesa-gl_6.8.2.dfsg.1-6_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement xlibmesa-gl ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibmesa-gl_6.8.2.dfsg.1-6_i386.deb (--unpack): > unable to create `./usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2': No such file or > directory > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
*Every* .deb contains paths starting with ./ . It looks like there's something wrong with dpkg or otherwise with your system. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
