19.12.2010 14:31, Daniel Baumann wrote: > On 12/19/2010 12:25 PM, Michael Tokarev wrote: >> extlinux-update script quietly overwrites /etc/default/extlinux file >> on each invocation. The file in question, according to the Policy, >> is a configuration file, so the local changes made to this file should >> be preserved. > > while i agree that the handling of the update of the file could be > upgraded, user changes are preserved as the file is read in by > extlinux-update before writing it again, therefore closing the bug.
I discovered this while trying (something like) this: EXTLINUX_MENU_LABEL="Debian GNU/Linux, node $(cat /var/run/nodeinfo), kernel" which evaluates to different things (running several nodes from a common image). But once something calls update-extlinux on the master node, the variable is not evaluated anymore on the other nodes. Besides, I had a few things on that file which tried to create valid menu system without "help" of the "themes" - since on our small terminals in server room I can't use vesamenu which is used by syslinux themes. This too were overwritten. Maybe these aren't common usages, but the bug is here anyway. /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
