tag 207268 + pending thanks On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 12:15:36PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Hmm. Purging and reinstalling should definitely put the files in > question under automatic management, if they do not already exist. > > I'll check into it. Thanks for your report.
This has been fixed in the X Strike Force Subversion repository,
revision 444, and will appear in the next release.
If you're curious, here's the new logic that handles this:
# if performing a fresh install, place config files under management if they
# do *not* already exist
if [ "$1" = "install" ]; then
# only proceed if config file auxiliary directory exists
if [ -d "$CONFIG_AUX_DIR" ]; then
# first, create and checksum the X server symlink
if [ ! -e "$SERVER_SYMLINK" ]; then
# $THIS_SERVER is just a default; could as easily be /bin/true
ln -s "$THIS_SERVER" "$SERVER_SYMLINK"
readlink "$SERVER_SYMLINK" | md5sum > "$SERVER_SYMLINK_CHECKSUM"
fi
# next, XF86Config-4
if [ ! -e "$XF86CONFIG" ]; then
# cheap, fork()-free version of "touch"
: > "$XF86CONFIG"
md5sum "$XF86CONFIG" > "$XF86CONFIG_CHECKSUM"
fi
fi
fi
As a workaround, you can do what the new script will do after purging
but before reinstalling the package:
# dpkg --purge xserver-xfree86
# ln -s /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 /etc/X11/X
# readlink /etc/X11/X | md5sum > /var/lib/xfree86/X.md5sum
# : > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
# md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
# apt-get install xserver-xfree86
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