Re: Bug#150514: Uer maodifications _must_ bre preserved, even is a co-admin said otherwise a few releases ago
>>"Steve" == Steve Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net> writes:
>>>> This file is automatically generated by update-modules"
I would like to add:
Please delete the line above if you do not want this file overwritten.
>> Please do not edit this file directly. If you want to change or add
>> anything please take a look at the files in /etc/modutils and read
>> the manpage for update-modules.
Steve> When Manoj was positing on IRC, the idea came up of using ucf
Steve> to manage /etc/modules.conf. If that could be used to
Steve> successfully determine whether the user has made local changes
Steve> without modifying the first line, I think that's a great idea.
Sure it can. My original bug report had such a mechanism --
one you had primed ucf, it would work. The problem here is that this
means that every single package that deals with /etc/moudutils/blah
would need to depend on ucf, and use those incantations; and this,
apparently, is way too onerous.
Steve> Then only the people making boneheaded changes need be
Steve> prompted -- everyone else has already clearly declared their
Steve> preference (by not making changes or by making local changes
Steve> in the documented manner), and can be spared the tedious
Steve> debconf prompts.
manoj
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