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
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