Joachim Trinkwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Solution to the xserver-xfree86 install problem:
> 
> In the install script /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.postinst line
> 60 must be corrected from
> 
>     ln -sf /etc/X11/X "$this_server"  (MISTAKE!)
> 
> to
> 
>     ln -sf "$this_server" /etc/X11/X
> 
> (a quite common mistake which I myself often go for).

And it is better form to write it as

  ln -f -s foo bar

- Hari
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