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

[Marc Wilson <msw@cox.net>]

On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 01:02:45AM -0400, David Nusinow wrote:
> 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.

As long as it writes it somewhere OTHER than on top of /etc/X11/xorg.conf,
please.  The fact that a customized configuration will not be destroyed
without a deliberate action is a good thing, whether or not that customized
configuration is "correct" by some definition, or not.

I know I'd be more than a little offended if my carefully worked-out
dual-screen-and-additional-input-devices configuration were arbitrarily
overwritten.

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