Bug#408185: /usr/bin/dexconf: Make a back up file for the user.

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 06:31:18 +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:

>      -o file, --output=file
>               By  default,  dexconf  writes  to  /etc/X11/xorg.conf   This   option
>               instructs dexconf to write to file instead.  Note that dexconf uncon‐
>               ditionally overwrites its  destination  file  if  it  has  sufficient
>               access rights to do so.
> 
> Make a back up file for the user.
> 
> He types "dexconf" and blows away his xorg.conf. Thanks.
> He might not be using dpkg-reconfigure.
> 
If I shoot myself in the foot, I deserve to get hurt.  If I use a random
program without reading its documentation, there's no telling what will
happen.  I'd like to know why you think this is a bug, and why you think
it is of severity "important", which means "a bug which has a major
effect on the usability of a package, without rendering it completely
unusable to everyone."

Thanks,
Julien