Bug#366026: xserver-xorg upgrade modified /etc/X11/xorg.conf though it had local changes
On 2006-05-04 18:02:31 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Yes, it says that local changes must be preserved; it does not say
> that the package may not attempt to upgrade config files.
If it attempts to upgrade something the user has changed, this isn't
much different. Moreover the /etc/X11/xorg.conf says:
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
So, with the latest upgrade, this was plainly wrong.
> The possible fontpath duplication for users who had already upgraded
> to modular was a known issue when this handling was put in place,
> but this consideration was secondary to the need to provide upgrade
> handling for all the users being left without font support.
There could be a dialog box to ask the user if he wanted to update the
config file. Also, the upgrade script could check if new paths were
already added.
> Does this duplication cause any problems for you, or is it merely
> cosmetic?
This adds useless bloat to the config file and to diffs (when one
tracks diffs of config files, e.g. with diffmon), making it more
difficult to maintain.
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