Re: this debconf stuff is crazy!
On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 19:36, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> begin Justin R. Miller <incanus@codesorcery.net>
> > Thus spake Peter Jay Salzman (p@dirac.org):
> >
> > > ok, my XF86Config-4 is all wrong now. i need to edit this file. if
> > > we're not supposed to edit between the "BEGIN DEBCONF" and "END
> > > DEBCONF", how the hell am i supposed to get a working XFree86 again?
> > >
> > > is there a tool that allows us to change this file?
> >
> > Try 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86'.
>
> just to be very clear on the issue, this isn't acceptable to me.
>
> i have very special mode timings and options that i use that aren't
> available if i reconfigure the package using dpkg. this stuff needs to
> be put in by hand.
>
> i like the chattr idea. just when you thought debian does the Right
> Thing, they start fscking up by automating somthing which really doesn't
> require automating...
>
> (debian is still the best. just slightly less better).
what were you doing during the upgrade of the package?
It clearly asked me if I wanted debconf to configure it.
It even keeps a backup of the original, if you were doing it by hand and
accidently said yes.
sheesh.
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