On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 10:35:15AM +0200, Christoph Pfister wrote: > Reconfiguring xserver-xorg doesn't change /etc/X11/xorg.conf at all because of > an obvious error in the postinst script. Please find a patch attached (and > hopefully you agree on it ;-) which fixes the bug. > --- xserver-xorg.postinst_old 2006-06-12 05:46:09.000000000 +0200 > +++ xserver-xorg.postinst 2006-07-27 10:26:19.000000000 +0200 > @@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ else > fi > > # here's a novel concept: DON'T TOUCH THE CONFIG ON UPGRADES > -if [ -z "$UPGRADE" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le "1:7.0.14"; then > +if [ -z "$UPGRADE" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le "$SOURCE_VERSION"; then > # compare the current and stored checksums; if they do not match, assume > # that's the way the user wants it. if we're reconfiguring, overwrite > # it regardless and back it up. Nope, the problem is that $UPGRADE is non-zero on reconfigures; I think there's a patch around already for this. Your patch would ensure that the behaviour was exactly contrary to the comment, and would always be true AIUI.
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