no i did not notice that particular entry, it does not however help. I do not seem to have a XF86Config-4.dpkg-old file to revert to, so if I'm reading that right, i'm just sol, and i'd have to uninstall and reinstall xserver-xfree86 (and everything that depends on it) to get debconf to manage it again? if that's the case, that sounds like a bug in and of itself.
luke On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 02:08:32AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 12:22:54PM -0500, Luke Schierer wrote: > > Package: xserver-xfree86 > > Version: 4.3.0-2 > > Severity: important > > > > reportbug seems to have grabed more information than I know what is, > > hopefully its stuff you all want it to be grabbing. I'm sorry for the > > resulting size of the email. > > > > specifically i want to draw something to your attention: my > > XF86Config-4 file doesn't match the debconf settings. this is because > > when I found X wasn't matching the config after the upgrade to 4.3, i > > tried to reconfigure the package, and it didn't re-write the file, > > even when i tried moving it out of the way first. > > Have you read the NEWS item about the change to config file handling? > > 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 > > -- > G. Branden Robinson | A celibate clergy is an especially > Debian GNU/Linux | good idea, because it tends to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | suppress any hereditary propensity > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | toward fanaticism. -- Carl Sagan -- -This email is made of 100% recycled electrons.
