On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 12:30:47PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Mar 30, Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Right, I've now upgraded to the unstable version (0.088-2), rebooted > > and I ***STILL*** get the error message. > *And* useful information in NEWS.Debian.
Oh, didn't think to read this. Again, a Joe User isn't likely to read stuff like this about a system-tools package. Something as fundamental to the system as udev should either work out of the box or use debconf to get answers to necessary questions. > > Perhaps the package should just have fixed cd-aliases.rules (which is > > a conffile anyhow) rather than leaving the broken rules file and > > introducing another one? > No, because it's a different file which works in a different way. OK. > > Also, the default installation of a package should *NOT* give error > > messages: I haven't touched any of the udev configuration files or > > anything. > The default installation does not, but at least for a while (until %e > will work) I will not automatically change an existing configuration. But my installation *does* give this error! (Unless you mean the default installation in 0.088.) > > Finally, /etc/udev/rules.d/cd-aliases.rules *still* has %e in it, and > > I have no /etc/udev/rules.d/z75_cd-aliases-generator.rules. > It will be created after the first reboot, as long as you enable > creation of persistent CD aliases. I don't know how to "enable creation of persistent CD aliases". > > Ah, I think I see the "bug": in the postinst, you only modify the > > /etc/udev/rules.d directory if none of the package's known symlinks > > are already present. But then you are stuffed: when you fix stuff in > This is a feature. A user who installs version 0.4 of a package, makes no local modifications, and then simlpy upgrades 0.4 -> 0.5 -> 0.6 should have a functionally identical system to a user who installs 0.6 in the first place. That is not happening here. Julian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
