Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 77631
XFree86 upgrade leaves /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.rpmsave turd without warning about it
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:31 EST
Note this code excerpt from the XFree86 preinstall scriptlet: CONFFILE=/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 if [ -e $CONFFILE ] ; then SAVECONF=$CONFFILE.rpmsave cp -p $CONFFILE $SAVECONF grep -iv 'Load[[:space:]]*"\(pex5\|xie\)"' $SAVECONF > $CONFFILE fi There are two problems here: 1) If XF86Config-4 hasn't been changed by the code above, then XF86Config-4.rpmsave should be removed. 2) IF XF86Config-4 *has* been changed by the code above, then the script should print a warning about it, just like rpm does when it creates a rpmsave file.
Yeah, the XFree86 scripts are quite an ugly unmaintainable mess currently. I've got plans to completely overhaul them sometime, but it is something that must be done very very carefully. I want to put an intense amount of thought into re-engineering the scripts to be cleaner and do much more to ensure better installations and upgrades, etc. But I want to minimize the system damage potential even to crazy rawhide testers because even in rawhide, I can get nailed with tonnes of bug reports. Since the scripts more or less "work" even though they're not very pretty per se, it has gotten a low priority each release, to do any major changes. The changes you're asking for seem relatively sane at first glance and most likely I'll do something to clean it up. Thanks.
Status update to indicate this is still present in current development. Changed OS version.
The rpm script processing of the config file has been changed in Fedora Core 3 development, and should not have this problem anymore. Fedora Core 2 erratum release that will be released soon should also fix this issue. Setting status to "RAWHIDE". If the problem persists at all with Fedora Core 3 development rpms from test2 onward, please reopen and we'll reinvestigate the issue. Thanks.