Re: Bug#230348: gnome: Desktop background setting not respected after login

[Sebastien Bacher <seb128@debian.org>]

Christian Marillat <marillat.christian@wanadoo.fr> writes:

>> You're still thinking that's a bug on a package not even installed ?
>> That doesn't make sense ...
>
> Of course yes, when a package doesn't remove configuration who break
> other packages. This is the case for nautilus with this gconf
> key. As discussed here 2 weeks ago, gconf must remove keys when a
> package is purged.

Hi,

I agree that nautilus should remove his config from gconf, but the
control-center/gnome-settings-daemon should manage better this situation
too.

BTW what will happen if the gconf config is removed from /etc but some
customized key stay in ~/.gconf ?


Cheers,

Sebastien Bacher