Re: X config not written
On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 08:09:32PM +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote:
> You can discuss whether it is a bug or not if the file has been removed.
> If it has been changed manually, it is /necessary/ that it is not
> overwritten.
Right.
And it's a BUG that the script doesn't pop up a curses dialog box
that says "WARNING: Because you have manually edited your
configuration file, dpkg is unable to update it! You must do these
steps to use the XF86Config file generated by this script ..."
Really, that should take about one line of code. What's your
OBJECTION to doing that?
> I remember that some months ago XFree in Woody was updated, and
> plenty of people came here because their XFree didn't work anymore.
> The reason was that their configuration had been changed back to
> the answers from the debconf database, deleting the manual changes.
It would have avoided all of that, for instance.
> This behaviour is documented in the configuration file itself, and
> in the Debian X FAQ.
So? Since it's documented in a file the user isn't looking at, it
can't be explained by the program right when the user needs to know
it? You think it's GOOD to force people to do research every time
they run apt-get update?
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