Bug#329340: gconf2: Local configuration sources do not work anymore

[Josselin Mouette]

Le jeudi 22 septembre 2005 à 08:35 +0100, Free Ekanayaka a écrit :
> Then,   to  populate  the  configuration   source  with  the  relevant
> %gconf.xml, I run:
> 
> gconftool-2 --direct \
>  --config-source xml:readwrite:/usr/share/gconf/cdd.defaults \
>  --load my.entries

I don't know who had the idea to populate a directory in /usr this way,
but he got it all wrong. I completely misunderstood the way you were
populating gconf entries, and it is *very* wrong. You shouldn't do that
in /usr.

We're currently discussing it on IRC. We'll have to come up with a
correct framework for CDD distributions, as it seems everyone got it all
wrong. In the end, we'll try to keep it simple, but one things is sure:
you'll have to change the way you are doing things. Just don't use what
was done in gconf2 2.10.1-2, it's simply not suitable for this kind of
needs.

Regards,
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