[Bug 16230] gucharmap: postinst blows away system immodules configuration

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------- Additional Comments From debzilla at ubuntu.com  2005-09-25 17:01 UTC -------
Message-ID: <87oe6h41h4.fsf at hardknott.home.whinlatter.ukfsn.org>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 16:21:43 +0100
From: Roger Leigh <rleigh at whinlatter.ukfsn.org>
To: =?utf-8?Q?Lo=C3=AFc?= Minier <lool at dooz.org>
Cc: 329929 at bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: gucharmap: postinst blows away system immodules configuration

Lo=C3=AFc Minier <lool at dooz.org> writes:

> On Sat, Sep 24, 2005, Roger Leigh wrote:
>> Justification: Replaces conffile from another package, wiping any
>> customisation
>
>  I'm not sure the file should be edited by end-users.  It probably
>  shouldn't be in /etc either.
[...]
>  Hence, I think it's safe to remove this snipset, but I think gtk and
>  other gtk im modules packages should switch to a different location,
>  such as /var/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/immodules, to be FHS compliant.

I think that sounds OK, though I would like to be able to disable
methods I will never use, e.g. Eritrean.


Regards,
Roger

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