Bug#2388: gpm doesn't preserve configuration over upgrades

[Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>]

'Ian Jackson wrote:'
>
>Chris Fearnley writes ("Bug#2388: gpm doesn't preserve configuration over upgrades"):
>...
>> gpm shouldn't redo my configuration /etc/init.d/gpm everytime I
>> reinstall it.  In fact, /etc/init.d/gpm should be a conffile.  The
>>                     if [ "$1" != "upgrade" ]; then
>> treatment should be used in the postinst to achieve this, I think.
>
>No, the right way to see if the package needs to be configured is
>(usually) to look at the configuration.  I'm not familiar with gpm in
>particular, though ...

The gpm postinst modifies /etc/init.d/gpm to set a variable "TYPE=msc"
the value of TYPE is system dependent.  Either gpm should create some
control file /etc/gpm-mouse-type or my suggestion (or something
similar) are necessary.

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