Re: Re: Hardware detection

2016-01-07 Thread Stephan Foley
Hello and thank you for this in depth answer! On 2016-01-07, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote: As someone working on Debian derived live systems since the earlier kernel 2.4 days, I wonder why you think to need any of those on a modern linux system at all? I am probably reading old references. I

metapackages and setting config files in /etc and /home/dir

2016-01-11 Thread Stephan Foley
Hello, let's say I have the following install: my_metapackage -> depends on windows_manager -> depends on lightdm -> depends on xorg So, I am forcing the following: - xorg - lightdm - windows_manager can I set the configuration files? For instance, can I set the lightdm config in /etc or the wi

Re: metapackages and setting config files in /etc and /home/dir

2016-01-12 Thread Stephan Foley
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 2:01 AM, Alexandre Detiste wrote: > Technicaly, yes you can do it & it will work; but it's agaisnt > the policy so this package can never enter the archive; > but it's not the goal anyway, so why not ? This is ultimately for a Debian Pure Blend, so it will have to abide w

Re: metapackages and setting config files in /etc and /home/dir

2016-01-12 Thread Stephan Foley
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 8:34 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > That depends to a large extent on what you want to do with it once > you've built the package. I should of mentioned, ultimately it is for a Debian Pure Blend. For now, I am just hacking things out. > If you want to upload the package to

Re: metapackages and setting config files in /etc and /home/dir

2016-01-13 Thread Stephan Foley
Hi Wouter, On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 4:37 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> On the other hand, I was really hoping for an install that looks like this: >> >> - install xorg, lightdm, window_manager, etc >> >> - populate /etc/skel >> >> - create user and copy /etc/skel to $HOME > > That is something you