Bug 181965 - Change to protect symlinked configuration files
Summary: Change to protect symlinked configuration files
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: system-config-display
Version: 4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Adam Jackson
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-02-18 00:26 UTC by JW
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-01-29 23:55:59 UTC
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Patch to preserve config file symlink (484 bytes, patch)
2006-02-18 00:26 UTC, JW
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Description JW 2006-02-18 00:26:47 UTC
Description of problem:
Updating Xorg configuration breaks config file symlink

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
system-config-display-1.0.29-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. ln -s something xorg.conf
2. system-config-display
3. 
  
Actual results:
symlink renamed, and plain file created

Expected results:
symlink retained

Additional info:
Patch is attached which changes the "os.rename" to "os.copy".
The backup file is still created but config file symlink now preserved.

Comment 1 JW 2006-02-18 00:26:47 UTC
Created attachment 124841 [details]
Patch to preserve config file symlink

Comment 2 Christian Iseli 2007-01-20 00:18:15 UTC
This report targets the FC3 or FC4 products, which have now been EOL'd.

Could you please check that it still applies to a current Fedora release, and
either update the target product or close it ?

Thanks.

Comment 3 JW 2007-01-20 00:32:39 UTC
Patch already submitted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you haven't even bothered to look at the patch then why is FC4 EOL'd?

Perhaps RedHat is EOL'ing a little hastily?  Why drop an OS when you haven't
even bothered looking at submitted patches that improve that OS's utilities. 
And you haven't even bothered to look and see if that patch is applicable to the
latest version of that utility.


Comment 4 Adam Jackson 2007-01-29 23:55:59 UTC
Applied, will be in system-config-display 1.0.49.  Thanks!


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