tags 535624 +patch thanks Hi,
The attached patch fixes the problem, and maintains what I think is the intended behaviour for sparc installations. Thanks, -- "Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a quality that decides between success and failure." -- Edsger W. Dijkstra Saludos /\/\ /\ >< `/
--- /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xorg.postinst 2009-06-08 06:57:50.000000000 -0300 +++ /home/maxy/tmp/xserver-xorg.postinst 2009-07-22 13:35:00.000000000 -0300 @@ -1861,8 +1861,11 @@ # Don't touch the config on upgrades except to deal with known issues with old # configs. -if [ -z "$UPGRADE" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le "1:7.0.14" || \ - [ "$ARCHITECTURE" = sparc ] && dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl 1:7.3+19; then +echo "Version: $2" +if [ -z "$UPGRADE" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le "1:7.0.14" || + ( [ "$ARCHITECTURE" = sparc ] && + dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl 1:7.3+19 ) +then # compare the current and stored checksums; if they do not match, assume # that's the way the user wants it. if we're reconfiguring, overwrite # it regardless and back it up.