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Bug#541136: kaboom deletes all customized kde4 settings



On 08/17/2009 02:10 AM, George Kiagiadakis wrote:
> 2009/8/12 Daniel Moerner <dmoerner@gmail.com>:
>> Package: kaboom
>> Version: 1.1.1
>> Severity: grave
>>
>> Hi, kaboom just caused serious data loss. I have a brand-new install of
>> Debian sid. I installed kde4 (kde-standard metapackage). I start kdm,
>> and on the first run of kde4, kaboom does not run. I customized the
>> settings, turned on desktop effects, etc.
>>
>> I then rebooted. On the second start of kde4, kaboom ran. It explicitly
>> said that existing kde4 settings would be unchanged. I told it to not
>> backup KDE3 data and to not perform any migration. Instead, it deleted
>> ALL my existing KDE4 settings. KDE3 was never installed on this system.
>> There was no reason for kaboom to ever run.
>>
>> ..kaboom.log is attached.
> 
> I am really sorry about that. The bug that kaboom runs on fresh kde4
> installations is known and fixed in git. About the data loss though,
> it looks like you selected the option to "start with clean settings",
> that's why it removed ~/.kde. The log says that: "operation: do
> recursive rm of .kde dir if exists". Maybe you did it accidentally...
> 
> Anyway, a new upload will come soon that will fix this bug.
> 

Thanks for fixing this, the data loss probably was user error in this case.

Daniel

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