Bug#362078: xserver-xorg: dpkg-reconfigure doesn't work if the xorg.conf has been customized

[Wolfgang Lonien <wolfgang@lonien.de>]

David Nusinow wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.0.10
> Severity: normal
> 
> The dpkg-reconfigure script needs to write a new xorg.conf if the file has
> been customized. A user in #debian reported that this failed on his system,
> and it made it difficult for him to automagically adapt to the new paths
> for modular. This will provide a manual easy way out of this dilemma,
> easing future support.

I have it, too, like:

electra2-sid:/home/wjl# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
cat: /var/lib/x11/X.md5sum: No such file or directory
cat: /var/lib/x11/X.md5sum: No such file or directory
cat: /var/lib/x11/X.md5sum: No such file or directory
xserver-xorg postinst warning: not updating /etc/X11/X; file has been
   customized
cat: /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum: No such file or directory
xserver-xorg postinst warning: not updating /etc/X11/xorg.conf; file has
   been customized
electra2-sid:/home/wjl# exit
exit
wjl@electra2-sid:~$ ls -l /etc/X11/X /etc/X11/xorg.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   13 Apr 12 08:52 /etc/X11/X -> /usr/bin/Xorg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3036 Jan 24 11:43 /etc/X11/xorg.conf
wjl@electra2-sid:~$

Plus the issue with xkb (no @ sign for instance).

But thanks for the great work so far...

cheers,
wjl aka Wolfgang Lonien
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