Bug#405782: [xserver-xorg] "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"..

Package: xserver-xorg
Version: 1:7.1.0-9
Severity: grave

Hi everyone,

It would seem that "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" never succeeds to
update /etc/X11/xorg.conf any more.

At the end of the questions part, the following is displayed on the
console :

xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration
file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20070106082628
rm: cannot remove directory `/tmp/dexconf-tmp-6475': Directory not empty.
xserver-xorg postinst warning: error while preparing new Xorg X server
configuration file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.dpkg-new; not attempting to
update existing configuration

However, /tmp/dexconf-tmp-* is always empty (afterwards at
least), and manually running dexconf generates a perfectly working
/etc/X11/xorg.conf (even though it displays the same "Directory not
empty" warning).

I tried the same procedure on 4 newly installed hosts (debootstrap of
etch to a nfsroot), and again after manually running dexconf, it always
fails.

Thanks.
Best regards.

--
Boris Dorès