It seems as though even using 'dpkg-divert' won't help in this case, as
ldconfig seems to override the libX11.so.6 symlink whenever changes take
place.

man dpkg-divert:
---
Care should be taken when diverting shared libraries, ldconfig(8)  creates  a  
symbolic  link  based  on  the DT_SONAME field embedded in the library.  
Because ldconfig doesn’t honour diverts (only dpkg does), the symlink  may  end 
 up  pointing  at the diverted library, if a diverted library has the same 
SONAME as the undiverted one.
---

Anyway, I keep replacing the symlink, but it seems as though whenever I
perform Ubuntu updates, the libX11.so.6 symlink reverts and points to
the original file (which I renamed to libX11.so.6.2.0.orig). It's
EXTREMELY frustrating, especially when administrating multiple servers
that all experience this issue (7 in my case). It's not clean to replace
this file all the time, either, as if people are logged onto thin
clients when you replace it, they crash outright.

Could this bug report be more effective if it points to 'libx11-6' ? See
below:

jerick...@fibonacci:~$ apt-file search libX11.so.6
libx11-6: /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
libx11-6: /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0

Sincerely,
Jordan/Lns

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