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[solved] xkeyboard-config: Wrong line continuation char in .../xkb/rules/base.

Description:

In the package 'xkeyboard-config', version 2.36-2, from the 'world' repository, the file '/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base' has for the specification of '! $inetmediakbds = in lines 104-117 the wrong character to denote that the next line should be a continuation of the previous line:

  • It has: ' /'
  • It should have: ' \'
  • The current situation is a syntax error, making e.g. 'ckbcomp' fail:
    Code: [Select]
    WARNING: Syntax error in the following line in "rules/base":
    WARNING: armada asus_laptop benqx btc5090 btc6301urf btc9019u /
    Died at /usr/bin/ckbcomp line 3228, <RULES> line 105.

Issue has also been → reported on the Arch Linux bugtracker.
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Re: xkeyboard-config: Wrong line continuation char in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.

Reply #1 –
I have pushed revision 2.1, let us know if this fixes it.

[solved] xkeyboard-config: Wrong line continuation char in .../xkb/rules/base.

Reply #2 –
Quote from: ndowens – on
I have pushed revision 2.1, let us know if this fixes it.

2.36-2.1 did not fix it, but now 2.36-3 did fix it. 
Thanks!