Bug#365353: missing debconf template: xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/zaxismapping
On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 12:44:01AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 08:40:03AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> > Quoting Adam Borowski (kilobyte@mimuw.edu.pl):
> > > Package: xserver-xorg
> > > Version: 1:7.0.15
> > > Severity: grave
> > > Justification: renders package uninstallable
>
> > > The debconf question xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/zaxismapping
> > > is needed by xserver-xorg's preinst, yet its template is missing. Without
> > > it, installation fails on new installs unless manually preseeded.
>
> > I grabbed this template back from the 6.9 branch, along with
> > translations.
>
> > However, I'm not involved in X packages maintenance enough for knowing
> > whether re-adding it is the way to go.
>
> > Please, XSF people, tell me if that is what needs to be done. If so,
> > I'll apply my pending change.
>
> David added some code to the preinst which copes with the absence of the
> template in question, but it seems to me that the code isn't useful *at all*
> if we're not going to use the template. Since the purpose of this code is
> to convert the values for this question, and there are no other uses of this
> question in the config or postinst scripts, I think the correct solution is
> to simply drop this block of code from the config script.
Right, I'm not really sure why Daniel removed the template in the ubuntu
stuff. I'll look in to it and possibly add it back. Removing it will go
well with my ultimate plan to dismember dexconf though, so that'll be my
preference if it's something sensible.
- David Nusinow
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