retitle 207268 xserver-xfree86: refuses to automagically handle config files severity 207268 important thanks On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 08:30:45PM -0700, Susan Crowther wrote: > Package: xserver-xfree86 > Version: 4.2.1-10 > Severity: normal > I have removed my XF86Config-4 file and am configuring xserver-xfree86 > to write a new one, but it wont let me because there is no MD5 > checksum available. I want to to overwrite the old file or create a > new one, but it wont let me. So I am stuck making an XF86Config file > by hand which I can never modify using debconfig. How can I force it > to write a new one. I have even purged the package and reinstalled it. In the future, please put your bug report text in the bug report body, not the Subject line. :) Hmm. Purging and reinstalling should definitely put the files in question under automatic management, if they do not already exist. I'll check into it. Thanks for your report. -- G. Branden Robinson | Intellectual property is neither Debian GNU/Linux | intellectual nor property. branden@debian.org | Discuss. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Linda Richman
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