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Bug#619177: marked as done (Please mention that as of squeeze/6.0.1 XF86Config is not used anymore)

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and subject line Re: Bug#619177: release-notes: Please mention that as of squeeze/6.0.1 XF86Config is not used anymore
has caused the Debian Bug report #619177,
regarding Please mention that as of squeeze/6.0.1 XF86Config is not used anymore
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On Lu, 21 mar 11, 14:27:11, Mark Goldshtein wrote:
> >
> >  xorg-server (2:1.7.7-12) unstable; urgency=low
> >  [...]
> >    * Add 22-stop-searching-for-xf86config-files, cherry-picking the
> >      upstream commit below (which we can't do directly since it depends on
> >      a patch kept in the quilt series: 08-config-xorg-conf-d.diff), so that
> >      XF86Config-4 is no longer considered (Closes: #610453). Thanks,
> >      Bernhard R. Link!
> >      - Stop searching for XF86Config files
> >
> > This change is briefly mentioned in the 6.0.1 news release.
> 
> >From a point of view of an average user, I think it may be useful to
> warn about such critical changes right after  # apt-get dist-upgrade
> command output, as it shows a list of packages marked to change,
> before yes/no confirmation.

The "critical change" you refer to happened with the release of etch, 
when XFree86 was replaced with Xorg ;) but maybe this warrants a mention 
in the squeeze release notes.

Dear Release Notes editors,
If this is worth including I can try to come up with a patch.

Regards,
Andrei
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Hi,

Just commited suggested patch.

Bye,

Joost


On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 03:18:51AM +0100, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
> tags 619177 +patch
> thanks
> 
> Hi,
> 
> How about this?
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Index: old-stuff.dbk
> ===================================================================
> --- old-stuff.dbk       (revision 9543)
> +++ old-stuff.dbk       (working copy)
> @@ -73,6 +73,19 @@
>  </para>
>  </section>
>  
> +<section id="old-config">
> +<title>Removing obsolete configuration files</title>
> +<para>
> +Before upgrading your system to &releasename;, it is recommended to remove old
> +configuration files (such as <filename>*.dpkg-{new,old}</filename> files under
> +<filename>/etc</filename>, as well as the file
> +<filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</filename><footnote><para>Since release
> +2:1.7.7-12, xorg-server no longer reads the file XF86Config-4.  See also <ulink
> +url="http://bugs.debian.org/619177";>#619177</ulink>.</footnote></para>) from
> +the system.
> +</para>
> +</section>
> +
>  <section id="switch-utf8">
>  
>  <title>Upgrade legacy locales to UTF-8</title>
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>

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