Comment 18 for bug 283765

Revision history for this message
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 283765] Re: package xorg-driver-fglrx 2:8.543-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt

On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 12:46:13PM -0000, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Steve Langasek [2008-11-29 5:10 -0000]:
> > Is there any chance that jockey would be called to install a package
> > more than once (say, the package is installed, then removed, then
> > installed again)?

> In that case the conffile wouldn't be modified the second time, and
> thus not touched at all, no?

Unless the user had touched that conffile in between.

It's unlikely - but not impossible.

> > This is also a different standard of "make it work" than what's used in
> > update-manager. I'm not convinced this is a good change to make in an
> > SRU, until we've had time to see how it's received in jaunty.

> Okay, I can back it out and reupload the other fixes, if you think
> that's more appropriate?

I do. The rest of the changes in 0.5~beta3-0ubuntu6.1 look fine to me for
SRU.

BTW, there was also a stray 3kloc jockey-debug.log included in the last
upload, would be nice if the next upload will drop that. :)

Thanks,
--
Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/
<email address hidden> <email address hidden>