Re: Update shouldn't nuke XF86Config-4
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 05:45:08PM -0500, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
> "Michael" == Michael D Crawford <crawford@goingware.com> writes:
>
> Michael> That's why, when you update the xserver-xfree86, you
> Michael> shouldn't overwrite the settings the user has laboured to
> Michael> create. They are precious.
>
> I'm assuming you made a common mistake. While I agree that it would be
> nice to make this bullet proof, I also know that it's often nearly
> impossible to protect us from ourselves ;-)
I hit this the other night aswell, but I couldn't work out a way of making
sure it didn't happen again.
The XF86Config file says that "bits outside of ### DEBCONF START and END
will not be touched" (I'm paraphrasing), so I moved the DEBCONF_START and
DEBCONF_END so they were together at the end of the file, but really I want
to set debconf to not mess with the file anymore. dpkg-reconfigure didn't
give me the option, just asked me a load of x-setup question and rewrote the
file again.
I'm just glad backups are always made before debconf writes to files.
Paul
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