Re: Update overwrites /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

To: Rhialto <rhialto%falu.nl@localhost>
Subject: Re: Update overwrites /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
From: Soren Jacobsen <snj%pobox.com@localhost>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 18:45:32 -0700

On Aug 4, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Rhialto wrote:

I just did a full update install, and it overwrote my customisedversionof /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc. It didn't try to merge any changes as faras
I could see. Unfortunately the output of etcupdate flashes by rather
quickly so you don't get a chance to see what, if anything, happened
there...

sysinst doesn't run etcupdate at all, but it does foolishly extractxetc blindly, overwriting any existing contents.

I've got a fix for this and some other sysinst upgrade silliness.It'll be in the tree soon.

References:
- Update overwrites /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
  - From: Rhialto

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