On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 19:36, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > begin Justin R. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thus spake Peter Jay Salzman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > > ok, my XF86Config-4 is all wrong now. i need to edit this file. if > > > we're not supposed to edit between the "BEGIN DEBCONF" and "END > > > DEBCONF", how the hell am i supposed to get a working XFree86 again? > > > > > > is there a tool that allows us to change this file? > > > > Try 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86'. > > just to be very clear on the issue, this isn't acceptable to me. > > i have very special mode timings and options that i use that aren't > available if i reconfigure the package using dpkg. this stuff needs to > be put in by hand. > > i like the chattr idea. just when you thought debian does the Right > Thing, they start fscking up by automating somthing which really doesn't > require automating... > > (debian is still the best. just slightly less better).
what were you doing during the upgrade of the package? It clearly asked me if I wanted debconf to configure it. It even keeps a backup of the original, if you were doing it by hand and accidently said yes. sheesh.
