Re: admin/debianrules kde_configdir issue

2004-02-25 Thread Achim Bohnet
On Wednesday 25 February 2004 11:01, Chris Cheney wrote:
> I am trying to decide whether I should revert the move of kde_configdir
> from /etc/kde3 to /usr/share/config that was changed in experimental. It
> has caused at least one noticable problem, kdm doesn't use the normal
> kde path lookup like everything else so you can't override its config
> files in /etc/kde3. It also is probably a policy violation to have config
> files in /usr/share even though they can be overriden in /etc/kde3. Also
> since the config files disappeared from /etc/kde3 upgrades from earlier
> kde 3.x releases will keep their old config files in /etc/kde3 and use
> them instead of the newer ones in /usr/share/config.
> 
> If I revert back to /etc/kde3 I think I will need to make a symlink from
> /usr/share/config -> /etc/kde3 so that I still won't need /etc/kderc and
> /etc/kde3/system.kdeglobals. I will probably also need to check and
> remove any existing /etc/kderc /etc/kde3/system.kdeglobals files...
> 
> Any comments?

Hi Chris,
I still think that /etc/kde3 & /usr/share/config symlink & ...
is the right thing (tm) to do.

I'll agree with Ben that migration can be a bit tricky.
Are packages in experimental required to provide a smooth
upgrade path too?

Btw: is Xfree86 4.3 a release goal for sarge?  Some of the
experimental kde 3.2 pkgs depend already on 4.3.

Achim
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
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Re: admin/debianrules kde_configdir issue

2004-02-25 Thread Ben Burton

> Any comments?

I'm curious to know what will happen to kscreensaver in experimental
(which installs files into /usr/share/config).

(This is not actually a comment for or against the revert - I'm
genuinely curious, I'm not sure what dpkg does in cases where one pkg
installs a directory and the other installs it as a symlink).

b.



admin/debianrules kde_configdir issue

2004-02-25 Thread Chris Cheney
I am trying to decide whether I should revert the move of kde_configdir
from /etc/kde3 to /usr/share/config that was changed in experimental. It
has caused at least one noticable problem, kdm doesn't use the normal
kde path lookup like everything else so you can't override its config
files in /etc/kde3. It also is probably a policy violation to have config
files in /usr/share even though they can be overriden in /etc/kde3. Also
since the config files disappeared from /etc/kde3 upgrades from earlier
kde 3.x releases will keep their old config files in /etc/kde3 and use
them instead of the newer ones in /usr/share/config.

If I revert back to /etc/kde3 I think I will need to make a symlink from
/usr/share/config -> /etc/kde3 so that I still won't need /etc/kderc and
/etc/kde3/system.kdeglobals. I will probably also need to check and
remove any existing /etc/kderc /etc/kde3/system.kdeglobals files...

Any comments?

Thanks,
Chris 


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