Bug#974026: On upgrade, sddm clobbers /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup
retitle 974026 allow configuration of /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup
severity 974026 whishlist
thanks
Hi Alain,
On Mon, 09 Nov 2020, Alain Knaff wrote:
> sddm contains a file /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup intended to be
...
> However, on package upgrade this file gets overwritten, losing user's
> customization.
Files under /usr should **never** be changed with user configuration,
because they will be overwritten, full stop.
> Shouldn't this be declared as a "config" file in the debian package, so
> that its content is not lost on upgrade? (debian/conffiles)
That is not possible. It would need to be moved to /etc and either
symlinked or somehow included differently.
Retitle according to intended purpose.
Best
Norbert
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