James Kerr wrote:
> On Thursday 15 May 2008, Frank Griffin wrote:
>  
>> From last night's cooker update:
>>  
>>>   12/31: sweeper
>>> #############################################
>>> rmdir: failed to remove `/etc/X11': Directory not empty
>>>   13/31: x11-server-common
>>> #############################################
>>> error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/X11: cpio: rename
>>> failed - Is a directory
>>>    
> On my box /etc/X11 was not completely deleted. A symlink was created to the
> new location in /usr but was named X11abcde (can't recall the exact
> alphanumeric string). X refused to start. Deleting /etc/X11/ and renaming
> the symlink to X11 got things working normally.
>
>  
This explains it. On my box, /etc/X11 still exists and contains a
single symlink for app-defaults to the corresponding /usr/share/X11
file. I wasn't sure if the actual /etc/X11 directory had to physically
exist for some reason.