On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 09:28:58AM +1100, Peter Hawkins wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 04:23 am, Branden Robinson wrote: > > tag 220675 + unreproducible > > thanks > > > > I mailed you on 7 December with the following request: > > > > Hi... > > Sorry, I've been busy. Here you go: > > xserver-common config note: Linux kernel > 2.5 detected; using 0 as default > nice value > xserver-common config note: setting xserver-common/xwrapper/allowed_users from > configuration file > xserver-common config note: setting xserver-common/xwrapper/nice_value from > configuration file > xserver-common postinst note: not updating /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config; no stored > checksum available > > I don't think I've done anything to cause this.
The NEWS.Debian file for xfree86 explains how people are migrated to the
new conffile-like mechanism:
xfree86 (4.2.1-11) unstable; urgency=medium
* The following configuration files use a new, MD5-checksum-based method of
management:
- /etc/X11/X
- /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
- /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
This new method attempts to detect changes to these files, and if they are
modified by the user, the files will be ignored by the packaging system
henceforth. The debconf region markers (e.g. "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION")
formerly used in Xwrapper.config and XF86Config-4 are no longer used, are
disregarded if present, and will not be newly written.
The debconf templates in the xserver-common, xserver-xfree86, and
xserver-xfree86-dbg packages (the latter shares all of its templates with
xserver-xfree86) having to do with whether or not files on the disk should
be overwritten have been removed, and are unregistered in the new
packages' pre-installation scripts.
In the event that you have customized these configuration files, and have
neglected both to correct debconf's notion of whether it should manage
those files, and (in the case of Xwrapper.config and XF86Config-4) have
not removed the "debconf region markers" before upgrading to xfree86
4.2.1-10 or later, backups are made and stored in the same directory, with
the suffix ".dpkg-old".
See the Debian X FAQ at <http://people.debian.org/~branden/xsf/FAQ> or in
the file /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz after this upgrade is
complete for more information on the Debian XFree86 packages' new method
of handling these configuration files.
-- Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 24 Aug 2003 15:07:11 -0500
$Id: NEWS 538 2003-09-17 14:12:50Z branden $
vim:set ai et sts=2 sw=2 tw=78:
Does the above explain the situation to your satisfaction?
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