Bug 126542

Summary: im-switch overwrites existing content in /etc/sysconfig/i18n and/or ~/.i18n
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Chong Kai Xiong <descender>
Component: im-sdkAssignee: Jens Petersen <petersen>
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Fixed In Version: 11.4-46.svn1587 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Chong Kai Xiong 2004-06-22 22:24:09 UTC 
Description of problem:
Using im-switch to change the system-wide or user-specific input
method completely overwrites existing content of /etc/sysconfig/i18n
and ~/.i18n respectively.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
iiimf-x-11.4-43

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start with non-empty and writeable /etc/sysconfig/i18n (or ~/.i18n)
2. set system wide input method as root with: im-switch -w -m method
(or im-switch -m method)

Actual results:
Existing content of /etc/sysconfig/i18n (or ~/.i18n) is completely
overwritten, leaving only the line: "XIM=method".

Expected results:
The "XIM=" line should be appended if it does not already exist.
Otherwise, it should be changed to the requested method.

Additional info:
The problem is caused by the following line in /usr/bin/im-switch:

  echo "XIM=$1" > /tmp/imswitcher$$

It should be '>>' instead of '>'.
Comment 1 Jens Petersen 2004-06-23 03:07:53 UTC 
Thanks for catching this.

The fix has been committed for FC/devel and should appear
the next time im-sdk gets built.
Comment 2 Jens Petersen 2004-06-23 14:13:12 UTC 
Fixed FC2 package 11.4-46.svn1587 should be appearing in
updates/testing/2 before long.