[Pkg-lxde-maintainers] Bug#810632: save configuration creates new file! please Follow symlink

[PICCORO McKAY Lenz]

Package: lxdm
Version: 0.5.3-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch

if the gui configurator its invoked, creates a new file in
/var/lib/lxdm/lxdm.conf, event uses the
debian defined and provided!

Its important due confuses both admins and users, also those that uses
for derivatives!

Debian defines in rules at build time config file as
"/etc/lxdm/default.conf" as a link from lxde.conf in same place, but
does not uses none of!

upstream has a report with patch available

https://sourceforge.net/p/lxde/bugs/223/

Index: lxdm/src/greeter.c
===================================================================
--- lxdm.orig/src/greeter.c	2010-04-13 00:37:34.000000000 +0200
+++ lxdm/src/greeter.c	2010-04-13 00:48:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -781,8 +781,21 @@
     if( config_changed )
     {
         gsize len;
+	gchar* config_file;
+	GError **error;
+
         char* data = g_key_file_to_data(var_config, &len, NULL);
-        g_file_set_contents(VCONFIG_FILE, data, len, NULL);
+	if( g_file_test(VCONFIG_FILE, G_FILE_TEST_IS_SYMLINK) )
+    	{
+        	config_file = g_file_read_link(VCONFIG_FILE, error);
+		g_file_set_contents(config_file, data, len, NULL);
+		g_free(config_file);
+
+    	}
+	else
+	{
+		g_file_set_contents(VCONFIG_FILE, data, len, NULL);
+	}
         g_free(data);
     }
     g_key_file_free(config);

-- 
Lenz McKAY Gerardo (PICCORO)
http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com