Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.2.1-12.1 Severity: minor Hi,
I like the idea protecting changes in the XF86Config-4 config file by a md5-sum. But if the config file doesn't exist dpkg-reconfigure should create a new one instead of refusing to write it: # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 Note: not updating /etc/X11/XF86Config-4; file does not exist. If you are playing around with different options or even different graphic cards and want to start from scratch with a new config file you have to remove and reinstall the xserver-package (or at least with knowledge of package internals to recreate the md5-file). Removing the config file would be the much easier way. Uwe BTW: Getting the warning about a changed config file BEFORE going through all the config questions would be nice. But maybe the config mechanism doesn't have the ability to distinguish between the package installation and a run of dpkg-reconfigure? -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux coruba 2.4.21 #1 Sun Jun 15 03:15:21 CEST 2003 i686 Versions of packages xserver-xfree86 depends on: ii debconf 1.3.15 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.2-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii xserver-common 4.2.1-12.1 files and utilities common to all ii zlib1g 1:1.1.4-16 compression library - runtime