Error installing package: "conffile `etc/xdg' is not a plain file or symlink (= `/etc/xdg')"

[James Westby]

On (13/03/07 21:36), Harold Aling wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> I build my own .deb packages of svn versions of Xfce. This way I can 
> keep my system (Ubuntu 7.04) clean.
> 
> unable to create `./etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu': No such file 
> or directory
> 
> ... and Xfdesktop fails to install.
> 
> If this is more debian/ubuntu related, please let me know and I'll try 
> to find an other mailing list to bother...

This is a Debian/Ubuntu related error, but more to do with the packages
that you created I imagine. It seems you have managed to create a
malformed .deb file.

Thanks,

James