On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 10:25:43AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2003-09-12 21:38:39 -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 12:42:18AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > > Same problem here on my PowerBoook. Very bad...
> > >
> > > Even if the user were asked if XF86Config-4 should be overwritten,
> > > he should also be warned if the generated XF86Config-4 may be
> > > incorrect.
> >
> > Please don't editorialize on bugs that have already been fixed.
> >
> > Upgrade to 4.2.1-11 and read /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/NEWS.gz.
>
> No, it has *not* been fixed. I precisely got this problem when
> upgrading to xserver-xfree86 4.2.1-11.
Actually, it has been fixed, as the file I directed to you notes.
xfree86 (4.2.1-11) unstable; urgency=medium
* The following configuration files use a new, MD5-checksum-based method of
management:
- /etc/X11/X
- /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
- /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
This new method attempts to detect changes to these files, and if they are
modified by the user, the files will be ignored by the packaging system
henceforth. The debconf region markers (e.g. "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION")
formerly used in Xwrapper.config and XF86Config-4 are no longer used, are
disregarded if present, and will not be newly written.
The debconf templates in the xserver-common, xserver-xfree86, and
xserver-xfree86-dbg packages (the latter shares all of its templates with
xserver-xfree86) having to do with whether or not files on the disk should
be overwritten have been removed, and are unregistered in the new
packages' pre-installation scripts.
In the event that you have customized these configuration files, and have
neglected both to correct debconf's notion of whether it should manage
those files, and (in the case of Xwrapper.config and XF86Config-4) have
not removed the "debconf region markers" before upgrading to xfree86
4.2.1-10 or later, backups are made and stored in the same directory, with
the suffix ".dpkg-old".
See the Debian X FAQ at <http://people.debian.org/~branden/xsf/FAQ> or in
the file /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz after this upgrade is
complete for more information on the Debian XFree86 packages' new method
of handling these configuration files.
-- Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> Sun, 24 Aug 2003 15:07:11 -0500
If the written configuration doesn't satisfy, change it. The package
system will never touch it again.
Closing this report.
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