Bug#227538: kdelibs: mixed results on 3.2.2
The problem bug is a real bug and not a result of upgrading. I a fresh
install with the new sarge installer beta 4, and the problem
persisted. I also have discovered why this problem manifested in
3.1.4-3. The binary packages search /etc/qt3/ and /usr/share/config
for config files. Up to (and including) 3.1.4-2, /usr/share/config was
a symlink to /etc/kde3; hence, it could find the config files. In
3.1.4-3, this symlink was removed. This also explains why installing
from debian source over the binary package also fixed the problem
permanently: the source install installed the config files into
/usr/share/config, so any later binary package could find the config
files. Thus, there are 3 solutions to this (and presumably other,
related) bugs:
1) Recompile the packages to add /etc/kde3 to the config file search
path.
2) Turn /usr/shar/config back into a symlink to /etc/kde3
3) move all the files in /etc/kde3 to /etc/qt3 or /usr/share/config
I don't know how these options interact with the debian
policy. Presumably you guys do. :) Let me know what you decide.
--
Itai
Itai Seggev, University of Chicago, Department of Physics
Co-coordinator, Carmel Project (http://linbrew.sourceforge.net/carmel)
In 1997 a group of programmers started writing a desktop environment
to fix a travesty they didn't create. Their program promptly found
its way onto un*x systems everywhere. Today, still opposed by a
software monopolist, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you share
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