On Thu, 31 May 2001, Paul D. Smith wrote: > >> console-tools (or kbd, I don't care much which one) my customizations > >> are kept automatically without my having to go back in and fix them up. > > There must be some reason why upgrading these packages keeps installing > new versions of the keymap files.
The reason is simple: These packages are buggy; they should never overwrite user-customized data with their own without asking. That said, the console-* packages in unstable allow you to tell them NOT to touch the keyboard maps anymore on upgrade. > This is what I want to do with the console key map: have my own file > with _only_ the changes, not the entire keymap. Request this feature to be added using a wishlist bug and filling it through the Debian BTS. Do notice that the keyboard map would need to be reset when an user logs out; otherwise, we'd have a security hazard. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh
