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Tasklist

FS#36071 - [xkeyboard-config] shouldn't overwrite modified configuration files

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Andrea Vezzosi (Saizan) - Monday, 08 July 2013, 08:37 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 08 July 2013, 10:29 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Installing the package overwrites any modification to configuration files like e.g. /usr/share/X11/xkb/compat/mousekeys rather than creating a .pacnew file.
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Monday, 08 July 2013, 10:29 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 08 July 2013, 10:29 GMT
Files in /usr/share aren't configuration files, and so are not in backup and so don't get saved as .pacsave file on upgrade. If you want to customize keymaps, I would suggest copying them to a custom layout and using that custom layout instead.

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