Bug#375689: Instructions on how to reconfigure xserver-xorg are incorrect

2006-07-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 05:03:31AM +0100, James Westby wrote: > I have a workaround for the problem, I will send it now while I > remember. I will try and figure out a fix tomorrow. > > change > > # here's a novel concept: DON'T TOUCH THE CONFIG ON UPGRADES > if [ -z "$UPGRADE" ] || dpkg --compa

Bug#375689: Instructions on how to reconfigure xserver-xorg are incorrect

2006-07-14 Thread James Westby
Hi, I have attached a patch that is a first stab at solving these problems. It requires more work by someone with more experience of the issues, but it dies the basic of letting dpkg-reconfigure work if the md5sums match, and not if they don't. The first part of the patch migrates md5sums from th

Bug#375689: Instructions on how to reconfigure xserver-xorg are incorrect

2006-07-13 Thread James Westby
I have a workaround for the problem, I will send it now while I remember. I will try and figure out a fix tomorrow. change # here's a novel concept: DON'T TOUCH THE CONFIG ON UPGRADES if [ -z "$UPGRADE" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le "1:7.0.14"; then to # here's a novel concept: DON'T T

Bug#375689: Instructions on how to reconfigure xserver-xorg are incorrect

2006-06-27 Thread Sam Morris
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.0.22 Severity: important The top of my xorg.conf file contains the following information: # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following commands as root: # # cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.cus