[Bug 486939] New: Changed configuration file quoting format breaks upgrades
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Mon Oct 15 20:05:39 UTC 2007
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gdm | general | Ver: 2.20.x
Summary: Changed configuration file quoting format breaks
upgrades
Product: gdm
Version: 2.20.x
Platform: Other
OS/Version: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: critical
Priority: Normal
Component: general
AssignedTo: gdm-maint at gnome.bugs
ReportedBy: joss at malsain.org
QAContact: gdm-maint at gnome.bugs
CC: pkg-gnome-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org
GNOME version: 2.19/2.20
GNOME milestone: Unspecified
[ forwarded from http://bugs.debian.org/445947 by Javier Kohen ]
After upgrading to this version I noticed that GDM was failing to restart. The
culprit was a configuration line in the servers section of gdm.conf. The
previous version of gdmsetup had created the following entry:
0=Standard -layout \"Single LVDS\"
However, the latest version of GDM was choking on the space. Removing the
backslashes before the quotes solved the issue.
I set the severity to important because this breaks perfectly working setups
created with the bundled configuration utility. The manual fix is trivial,
though.
I don't know whether the latest version of gdmsetup writes the backslashes or
not.
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In Debian we consider this bug as release-critical as it is breaking the
configuration file across upgrades.
I am very interested to know what are your plans about it. If you decide to
keep this new file format, we will have to write a hack that changes the quotes
in the configuration file.
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