Re: Bug#36132: xftp: two app-defaults

[Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>]

Josip Rodin wrote:
> Package: xftp
> 
> After installation it displays a choice between two application 
> default files, but it doesn't show what the default one is.
> Please, make it pick one automatically (since it holds the whole
> installation because of that!) or at least provide a reasonable
> default. Thanks.

Several packages provide app-defaults for colour and for monochrome
displays.  Often this holds the whole installation process because
the user has to choose one.  I don't know if hitting Enter would
be sufficient or if some postinst scripts depend on pressing 'c'
or 'm'.

I wonder if it would be possible that all these questions may be
reduced to _one_ by touching either /etc/X11/app-defaults.colour
or /etc/X11/app-defaults.monochrome when the user has choosen
one of the two.

Another solution would be to install both
/var/X11R6/lib/app-defaults/Xftp.colour and 
/var/X11R6/lib/app-defaults/Xftp.mono and provide
/var/X11R6/lib/app-defaults/Xftp as link to one of those
so the user can *easily* choose one of them.  Btw. XSysinfo
already does this.

Regards,

	Joey

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