Bug#196582: Upgrading severity.

[Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp>]

From: Tore Anderson <tore@linpro.no>
Subject: Bug#196582: Upgrading severity.
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:01:48 +0200

>   On the other hand, if the user modified the texmf.cnf file
>  directly, by copying one from a Solaris box, or added a comment,
>  whatever, he will be asked the question about a new configuration
>  file when the update-texmf-generated texmf.cnf changes.  Which will
>  happen when installing a additional TeX package, for instance.
> 
>   The user is then *notified*, and *given a choice* whether or not
>  he wants to accept your changes, or discard them.  The current
>  setup deprives the user of this choice, something we always have
>  offered our users before.

so if a user had modified texmf.cnf directly and tried 
to install, e.g. ptex-bin then he/she would be asked
whether or not to accept update-texmf-generated one.

1) if he/she answered "No" then he/she certanly failed 
to install ptex-bin

2) if he/she answered "Yes" then texmf.cnf was exactly 
the same as the current (non-ucf version) update-texmf
would generate (so texmf.cnf lost direct modifications but 
preserved only modifications through files in texmf.d/).

That is, there is no choice than accepting update-texmf-generated
texmf.cnf and direct modification is not possible anyway.

>   I'm sorry, I do not quite understand what you mean by «a user's
>  answer will be uniquely "yes"».

What I mean is as above.

Thanks,			     2003-7-23(Wed)

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 Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@debian.org>
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