Bug#607142: overwrites custom plymouth configuration
On mer., 2010-12-15 at 17:01 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > On 15.12.2010 16:45, Michael Biebl wrote: > > On 15.12.2010 08:33, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > >> On mar., 2010-12-14 at 23:43 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > >>> I'm using a custom theme for plymouth and desktop-base overwrites that > >>> setting on each upgrade. > >> > >> The same is true for splashy and grub, was true in Lenny (and Etch, I > >> guess). > > > > I can't speak for splashy, but for grub the alternatives system is used, so > > my > > changes are preserved on upgrades. > > grub2, to be precise. > > >>> > >>> I'm filing this bug with severity serious as the package overwrites > >>> custom configuration in /etc/ (/etc/plymouth/plymouthd.conf). > >> > >> To be precise, no, it doesn't overwrite the configuration. But yes, it > >> sets the default theme (by calling the relevant plymouth command). > > I need to clarify that, as this is simply not true: > plymouth-set-default-theme overwrites my custom configuration in > /etc/plymouth/plymouthd.conf, this is not "setting a new default theme". > Please keep in mind that /etc/plymouth/plymouthd.conf is even listed as > conffile > of the plymouth package. > > If it would change the value in /usr/share/plymouth/plymouthd.defaults, I'd > agree with you, but it doesn't. Yes, it's nitpicking, but desktop-base doesn't actually overwrite anything, it just asks plymouth to set the theme. How it does it doesn't really matter, in that case it replaces the /etc config file without asking. In this case, I guess it shouldn't be allowed to call plymouth-set-default-theme from a package maintainer script. The thing is, without further modifications to plymouth, we don't have much solutions for Squeeze, even alternatives means way too much modifications for the RT I think. > > Daniel, aside from the alternatives idea I mentioned earlier, is there a way > to > override the default values in /usr/share/plymouth/plymouthd.defaults while > preserving local modifications? > desktop-base could divert that file, but I'm not convinced yet that I like > this > idea. The same kind of thing done for Xfce, where we add an override directory between /usr/share/ and /etc, would be nice. But I'm not sure it's doable for Squeeze. Regards, -- Yves-Alexis signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#607142: overwrites custom plymouth configuration
On 15.12.2010 16:45, Michael Biebl wrote: > On 15.12.2010 08:33, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: >> On mar., 2010-12-14 at 23:43 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: >>> I'm using a custom theme for plymouth and desktop-base overwrites that >>> setting on each upgrade. >> >> The same is true for splashy and grub, was true in Lenny (and Etch, I >> guess). > > I can't speak for splashy, but for grub the alternatives system is used, so my > changes are preserved on upgrades. grub2, to be precise. >>> >>> I'm filing this bug with severity serious as the package overwrites >>> custom configuration in /etc/ (/etc/plymouth/plymouthd.conf). >> >> To be precise, no, it doesn't overwrite the configuration. But yes, it >> sets the default theme (by calling the relevant plymouth command). I need to clarify that, as this is simply not true: plymouth-set-default-theme overwrites my custom configuration in /etc/plymouth/plymouthd.conf, this is not "setting a new default theme". Please keep in mind that /etc/plymouth/plymouthd.conf is even listed as conffile of the plymouth package. If it would change the value in /usr/share/plymouth/plymouthd.defaults, I'd agree with you, but it doesn't. Daniel, aside from the alternatives idea I mentioned earlier, is there a way to override the default values in /usr/share/plymouth/plymouthd.defaults while preserving local modifications? desktop-base could divert that file, but I'm not convinced yet that I like this idea. Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#607142: overwrites custom plymouth configuration
On 15.12.2010 08:33, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > On mar., 2010-12-14 at 23:43 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: >> I'm using a custom theme for plymouth and desktop-base overwrites that >> setting on each upgrade. > > The same is true for splashy and grub, was true in Lenny (and Etch, I > guess). I can't speak for splashy, but for grub the alternatives system is used, so my changes are preserved on upgrades. >> >> I'm filing this bug with severity serious as the package overwrites >> custom configuration in /etc/ (/etc/plymouth/plymouthd.conf). > > To be precise, no, it doesn't overwrite the configuration. But yes, it > sets the default theme (by calling the relevant plymouth command). > > The whole point of desktop-base is to provide a theme for the whole > desktop. For now, if you want to only use a subset of the themes, yes, > you have to reconfigure that at each upgrade. If you have an idea on how > to do that more smoothly, you're welcome to propose it. We could also use alternatives here. Say, plymouth ships with a default configuration that says Theme=debian-plymouth-theme (or so), which is an alternative that by default points to text. desktop-base could install the new theme as alternative with a higher priority. One neat thing of this approach would be (given we have different themes), that we could use slaves to switch all alternatives in one go to a new theme [1] Cheers, Michael [1] "It is often useful for a number of alternatives to be synchronised, so that they are changed as a group; for example, when several versions of the vi(1) editor are installed, the man page referenced by /usr/share/man/man1/vi.1 should correspond to the executable referenced by /usr/bin/vi . update-alternatives handles this by means of master and slave links; when the master is changed, any associated slaves are changed too. A master link and its associated slaves make up a link group" -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
