redhat-artwork "owns" the %{_datadir}/gdm/themes/Default link. If it is changed by a sysadmin it will be reset the next time redhat-artwork is installed. The link could be marked as %config(noreplace) or something equivalent. Here are the two relevant parts of the .spec: ln -sf Bluecurve $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/gdm/themes/Default %files -f %{po_package}.lang %{_datadir}/gdm/themes/*
Internal bug #150357 entered; will be considered for future releases.
Wow, what a bizarre response. What is the point of having an internal bug? One of the reasons why I'm migrating away from Sun is stuff like this.
Note that future release could mean the next update of RHEL-4. I don't know why this is bizarre but this is a feature request and of low priority. If I can get to it I will but I would like time to think about it first.
Hey, I mean using an internal / secret bug for this is weird. This is the first time that I have seen this happen in the Free Software world (except in cases where security is a factor). Acting a bit like a cathedral here... Don't take it personally. Anyway, I'll just modify gdm.conf instead, it is marked with %config: http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/devel/gdm/gdm.spec?rev=1.55&view=auto
It's not really strange at all. We have internal tools which are used in release planning and frequently open parallel issues there to track issues reported here. It's not "secret," just has no meaning outside of Red Hat.
I'm going to close this. After some thought I came to the conclusion that modifying the gdm.conf file is the right way to change the behavior. Marking %{_datadir}/gdm/themes/Default as a config file would be wrong.