Bug#275951: Please split kdmrc into multiple files for ease of maintenance
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 01:31:20PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote:
Hola,
> I think it wouldn't result difficult to implement this *if* one looks
> into using /usr/bin/genkdmconf, which is capable of generating kdm
> configuration files which are the result of *merging* existing files
> and new defaults and/or options.
>
> currently, genkdmconf is run once at build time and the resulting files
> are shipped (see kdebase/kdm/kfrontend/Makefile.am). I think it would
> make sense to run genkdmconf in the postinst script, so that local
> changes get merged.
>
> Andras, if you're still interested in the issue, please follow-up and
> we can discuss the implementation details. if not, I'll put this in my
> TODO list (I myself have been annoyed by this behavior longer than I
> can remember).
I am interested; I can help with shell scripting if that is called for. At
the moment I don't have a lot of time to get acquainted with new tools such
as genkdmconf and to think about how to best use them, but I guess I can
implement something you come up with.
Andras
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