Package: xbase-clients Version: 4.2.1-12.1 Severity: normal At line 469 in the preinst script is the following:
if [ -L /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc -a $(readlink /etc/X11/xinitrc)= .... This is causing a syntax error at install time: /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 469: [: too many arguments I believe the line should read: if [ -L /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc -a $(readlink /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc)= .... Alexis -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.16 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on: ii cpp-3.2 1:3.2.3-9 The GNU C preprocessor ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdps1 4.2.1-12.1 Display PostScript (DPS) client li ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libncurses5 5.4-2 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libxaw7 4.2.1-12.1 X Athena widget set library ii xlibmesa3-gl [libgl1] 4.2.1-12.1 Mesa 3D graphics library [XFree86] ii xlibmesa3-glu [libglu1] 4.2.1-12.1 Mesa OpenGL utility library [XFree ii xlibs 4.2.1-12.1 X Window System client libraries -- debconf information excluded