On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 01:31:20PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: Hola,
> I think it wouldn't result difficult to implement this *if* one looks > into using /usr/bin/genkdmconf, which is capable of generating kdm > configuration files which are the result of *merging* existing files > and new defaults and/or options. > > currently, genkdmconf is run once at build time and the resulting files > are shipped (see kdebase/kdm/kfrontend/Makefile.am). I think it would > make sense to run genkdmconf in the postinst script, so that local > changes get merged. > > Andras, if you're still interested in the issue, please follow-up and > we can discuss the implementation details. if not, I'll put this in my > TODO list (I myself have been annoyed by this behavior longer than I > can remember). I am interested; I can help with shell scripting if that is called for. At the moment I don't have a lot of time to get acquainted with new tools such as genkdmconf and to think about how to best use them, but I guess I can implement something you come up with. Andras -- Andras Korn <korn at chardonnay.math.bme.hu> <http://chardonnay.math.bme.hu/~korn/> QOTD: Money isn't everything... but it's not a bad start.