Devuan bug report logs - #408
lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings modifies lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf-devuan-cinnabar

Package: lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings; Reported by: Joril <[email protected]>; dated Fri, 13 Mar 2020 14:18:01 UTC; Maintainer for lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings is (unknown).

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From: Joril <[email protected]>
To: Mark Hindley <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings modifies
 lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf-devuan-cinnabar
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On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 12:56:38 +0000
Mark Hindley <[email protected]> wrote:

> > So you end up losing the original lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf-devuan-cinnabar.
> 
> I am not sure what you expect ot happen here?
> 
> If you edit the settings with this tool, files in /etc/lightdm will be
> changed. If you need to restore, you can always reinstall.
> 
> Or am I missing something or misunderstanding you?

Hi Mark,

Well of course this is a very minor bug or not a bug at all, but it seemed strange to me that lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf is handled via the "alternatives" system, so I thought it wasn't expected to be modified by other tools.
In other words, that lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf-devuan-cinnabar was expected to be left alone, while lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings should have created a new alternative to be modified.
Very minor stuff, as I said :)

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Subject: Re: lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings modifies
 lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf-devuan-cinnabar
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Joril,

On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:04:19 +0100 Joril <[email protected]> wrote:
> The problem is that (at least under Devuan Beowulf)
> /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
> is a symlink to
> /etc/alternatives/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
> which in turn is a symlink to
> /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf-devuan-cinnabar
> 
> So you end up losing the original lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf-devuan-cinnabar.

I am not sure what you expect ot happen here?

If you edit the settings with this tool, files in /etc/lightdm will be
changed. If you need to restore, you can always reinstall.

Or am I missing something or misunderstanding you?

Mark

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bug#408; Package lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings. Full text available.

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Subject: lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings modifies
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Package: lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings
Version: 1.2.2-2

When you use lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings to modify LightDM's greeter 
and press "save", it modifies /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf.
The problem is that (at least under Devuan Beowulf)
/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
is a symlink to
/etc/alternatives/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
which in turn is a symlink to
/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf-devuan-cinnabar

So you end up losing the original lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf-devuan-cinnabar.

Acknowledgement sent to Joril <[email protected]>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to [email protected]. Full text available.

Report forwarded to [email protected], [email protected]:
bug#408; Package lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings. Full text available.

Devuan bug report logs - #408 lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings modifies lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf-devuan-cinnabar

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Devuan bug report logs - #408
lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings modifies lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf-devuan-cinnabar