Bug#527641: Package installation overwrites /etc/default/console-setup without warning
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:21:10AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> found 527641 1.35
> found 527641 1.36
> thanks
If you have found the bug in versions 1.35 and 1.36, please provide more
information: is this reproduced behaviour, how did it occur, what was
the contents of the configuration file before and after it was
overwriten, etc.
> This is the real problem this bug is about... so closing it with this
> explanation:
> > * Support unset font in Debconf configurator. Thanks Dave Witbrodt,
> > closes: #527641.
This documents how I fixed the problem discovered by Dave Witbrodt. You
must have found a completely different problem and thats why I am asking
for more information.
> To fix it, you have to:
> 1/ document in the file that it's auto-updated based on the debconf infos
> and that dpkg-reconfigure console-setup is recommended to update it
The use of dpkg-reconfigure is optional. Console-setup is not supposed
to overwrite its configuration file.
Anton Zinoviev
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