[Breezy] xbase-clients install problem

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 10:51:27AM +1000, Tim Leslie wrote:
> OK, I just fixed the problem but since I've written this much already
> I might as well post a solution for anyone else who bumps into it.
> 
> % sudo cp /usr/bin/xkbcomp /usr/X11R6/bin
> % sudo rm /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp
> % sudo ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/xkbcomp /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp

This was reported as a bug here:
https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11389

The quick solution, described there, is to edit the postinst
script (/var/lib/dpkg/info/xbase-clients.postinst), delete
the line reading

/etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp) echo /usr/X11R6/bin/xkbcomp ;;

and add in a line reading

/etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp) echo /usr/bin/xkbcomp ;;

I think it's the same solution as yours, only changing the
destination of pointers rather than changing actual files.

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