On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 22:14, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 08:52:43PM -0400, David N Kordonowy wrote: > > When upgrading X, xserver-xfree86 replaces my/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file > > even though it has been modified by me. My /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 is a > > link to another file (in this case it is /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.sun). > > The package xserver-xfree86 replaces this link with its file, thus > > breaking X. > > > > Is this normal behavior for packages or is this simply a result of my > > nontypical setup? > > Have you read the very top of the generated XF86Config-4 file?
Yup. > > ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION > # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the > # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. > # > # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. > # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.) > # > # If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make > changes > # before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after the > # "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below. > # > # To change things within the debconf section, run the command: > # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > # as root. Also see "How do I add custom sections to a dexconf-generated > # XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file?" in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz. > > In what way does the above not make the situation clear? Well, I suppose I thought that xserver-xfree86 would change the debconf section that /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 pointed to (in this case /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.sun), and not erase the link and replace it with a new file. Is this policy part of debconf? > > This behavior is controlled by a debconf question: > > Template: xserver-xfree86/manage_config_with_debconf > Type: boolean > Default: true > Description: Manage XFree86 4.x server configuration file with debconf? > The /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file, which contains the configuration information > for the XFree86 version 4 X server, can be handled automatically by debconf, > or manually by you. > . > Note that only specific, marked sections of the configuration file will be > handled by debconf if you select this option; if those markers are absent, > the configuration file will not be updated automatically, and you will have > to update the file manually, or move or delete the file. > > To shut this off, "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86". > > -- > G. Branden Robinson | If a man ate a pound of pasta and a > Debian GNU/Linux | pound of antipasto, would they > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | cancel out, leaving him still > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | hungry? -- Scott Adams Thanks, David Kordonowy
