Dale wrote: > gevisz wrote: >> On July 25, 2025 my custom keyboard layout files located >> in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ were unexpectedly overwritten >> during system despite the fact that they were config-protected: >> # emerge --info | grep CONFIG_PROTECT >> CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ /usr/share/config >> /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" >> CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d >> /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release >> /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/texmf/language.dat.d >> /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" >> >> ChatGPT says to me that it was done when >> x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-2.45-r1 was updated. >> >> I do not use etc-update or dispatch-conf, and there were no ._cfg* >> files left behind — the overwrite happened silently. >> >> After examining the ebuild, ChatGPT noticed that src_install() uses >> meson_src_install, >> and then moves the entire installed /usr/share/X11/xkb tree to >> /usr/share/X11/xkb.workaround/ >> as a workaround for bug #957712. In pkg_preinst(), that tree is then >> forcibly moved back to /usr/share/X11/xkb, overwriting any existing >> files. >> >> This manual move bypasses Portage’s CONFIG_PROTECT mechanism entirely, >> as pkg_preinst() >> runs before Portage has a chance to apply config file protection. >> >> While I understand the intention behind the workaround, the result was >> a total loss of my custom layout files, >> despite explicitly protecting the directory. I’ve been using Gentoo >> for 12 years, and I have never been so >> disappointed by the Gentoo as I was when this happened to say the least. >> >> Is there a Gentoo-compliant way to preserve customized layouts that >> replace system-provided ones under such circumstances? >> >> Thanks in advance for any suggestions or guidance. >> > I'm no guru at this but in the past, when something in a config file in > /usr needs to be changed, there is usually a place in /etc to put the > settings. Software looks in /usr first for default settings then looks > in /etc for custom user settings. The config in /etc overrides the > settings in /usr. > > If it were me, I'd find out if you can put those settings in /etc > somewhere. Odds are, that is where they should be. I'd suspect they > would go in the /etc/X11/ directory somewhere. Also, /etc is routinely > updated and the config protect seems to work well there. Might solve > that problem. > > Just a thought. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
My first searches didn't turn up anything. I started adding some keywords until I think I found something that might help. https://xkbcommon.org/doc/current/user-configuration.html Scroll down to Data locations. Option two is no longer to be used but option 1, 3 and 4 might be good ideas to try. I think number one is for individual user settings and the other two are more system wide, requires root to change. I hope that helps. I to would hate to lose some of my config files. I have backups but still, don't want to lose them anyway. Dale :-) :-)
