On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 09:49:45PM -0400, Christian Convey wrote:
>David Dawes wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 11:16:46AM -0700, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
>> 
>>>On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>>Problem 1:  When I first ran "make install", there was some hp keyboard 
>>>>config thing that was a file, where the installer wanted it to be a 
>>>>directory.  I renamed that file from "hp" to "hp.original", and then I 
>>>>could install cleanly.
>>>
>>>  Yes, I've seen this to.  It tries replace a file with a directory
>>>and it fails.  "make install" of any recent XFree86 will break unless
>>>you remove the old file first.
>> 
>> 
>> This is a bug, which should be fixed.  The directory should be "HP"
>> (that's how it's referenced elsewhere).  Maybe installs would still
>> break on platforms with case-insensitive filesystems though, and that
>> should be fixed also.
>
>A bug in which software: Mandrake 9.1, or XF86?

It's a bug in the current XFree86 CVS trunk version.  It's almost certainly
irrelevant to your original problem though.

David
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David Dawes
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