I believe this bug is fixed as well as it's practically feasible; the version from oneiric removes the conffiles before upgrade, so it should remove /etc/gdm too.
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/820370 Title: Tries and fails to remove /etc/gdm To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/820370/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs