Bug#527641: Package installation overwrites /etc/default/console-setup without warning

2009-05-20 Thread Anton Zinoviev
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 12:45:55PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > Well, when I reported #528033, something had lost my "bepo" setting > on upgrade without me doing dpkg-reconfigure console-setup. I assumed > it was already reported since 527641 said "Package installation overwrites > /etc/defau

Bug#527641: Package installation overwrites /etc/default/console-setup without warning

2009-05-20 Thread Raphael Hertzog
notfound 527641 1.35 notfound 527641 1.36 retitle 527641 doesn't support/keep undefined FONT* parameters close 527641 1.35 On Wed, 20 May 2009, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > If you have found the bug in versions 1.35 and 1.36, please provide more > information: is this reproduced behaviour, how did it

Bug#527641: Package installation overwrites /etc/default/console-setup without warning

2009-05-20 Thread Anton Zinoviev
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:21:10AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > found 527641 1.35 > found 527641 1.36 > thanks If you have found the bug in versions 1.35 and 1.36, please provide more information: is this reproduced behaviour, how did it occur, what was the contents of the configuration file

Bug#527641: Package installation overwrites /etc/default/console-setup without warning

2009-05-20 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 20 May 2009, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > To fix it, you have to: > 1/ document in the file that it's auto-updated based on the debconf > infos and that dpkg-reconfigure console-setup is recommended to update > it 2/ use ucf or something similar to detect if the file has been > edited by t

Bug#527641: Package installation overwrites /etc/default/console-setup without warning

2009-05-20 Thread Raphael Hertzog
found 527641 1.35 found 527641 1.36 thanks On Fri, 08 May 2009, Dave Witbrodt wrote: > I have set the severity of this bug report to "serious" because, > technically, it is a policy violation to overwrite user changes to file > in /etc; This is the real problem this bug is about... so closing it

Bug#527641: Package installation overwrites /etc/default/console-setup without warning

2009-05-08 Thread Dave Witbrodt
Package: console-setup Version: 1.34 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 10.7.3 My last upgrade of 'console-setup' caused /etc/default/console-setup to be overwritten without warning. The contents of the file before being overwritten were : # A configuration file for setupcon # Cha