Attached is a debdiff to fix the syntax errors which cause the error
message.  The debdiff is against the version of xkeyboard-config
currently in hardy-proposed, as I'm assuming that will eventually get
approved.  Intrepid and Gutsy don't have these same syntax errors in
their packages, so I assume they do not have this bug.

I believe the impact of this bug is pretty big as it causes all of the
Afghanistan keyboard layouts to be unusable (not just Pashto), as they
cannot be selected (using the Gnome or KDE interfaces for setting the
keyboard layout).  The patch is really pretty minor, just changing a
full stop to a comma in three places in the keyboard layout file.  I
don't see how this change could cause any regressions, but my knowledge
of this package is very limited (I only found the syntax errors because
the full stops look out of place and like a typo).

TEST CASE: 
In Gnome on Hardy go System -> Preferences -> Keyboard, select the Layouts tab 
and click the "Add" button.  From the "Layouts" drop down select "Afghanistan" 
and select any of the variants from the "Variants" drop down.  Click the "Add" 
button and notice the "Error activating XKB configuration...." error comes up 
in a box.  When the bug is fixed, there should be no error and you should be 
able to use the Afghanistan keyboard layouts.  

** Attachment added: "xkeyboard-config_1.1~cvs.20080104.1-1ubuntu8.debdiff"
   
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18735697/xkeyboard-config_1.1%7Ecvs.20080104.1-1ubuntu8.debdiff

** Changed in: xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Adam Spain (adamspain)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Summary changed:

- Pashto keyboard layout can not be added
+ Afghanistan keyboard layouts can not be added

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Afghanistan keyboard layouts can not be added
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260647
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