7.0.0-0ubuntu31 Broken config script prevents installation

[Chris Hofstaedtler]

Preconfiguring packages ...
/tmp/xserver-xorg.config.206701: line 973: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
xserver-xorg failed to preconfigure, with exit status 2

Preparing to replace xserver-xorg 7.0.0-0ubuntu29 (using .../xserver-xorg_7.0.0-0ubuntu31_i386.deb) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config: line 973: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg_7.0.0-0ubuntu31_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2

This prevents the installation of this and other packages...

[Andy Price (andy-price)]

Rejecting as dupe of bug #41605

[Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis)]

Ok everyone. Sit down and listen to this:

When filing bugs: first look whether it's already filed!

DO NOT FILE BUGS WITHOUT LOOKING!

[Chris Hofstaedtler (zeha)]

If the search link below would have yielded something useful, I wouldn't have created this bug. BTW, I've marked it as a dupe myself after finding the already resolved bug...

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs?field.searchtext=xserver-xorg&search=Search&orderby=-datecreated