Package: fvwm Version: 1:2.5.30.ds-1 Severity: normal Hello,
Please can we document somehwere, rather loudly, in a user-visible place (perhaps not only in NEWS.Debian.gz) -- such as the man page, that Debian now ships with a default system-wide config file which is read in in lieu of no user config file being found? This behaviour now contradicts the latest entry in News.Debian.gz (fvwm (2.5.10-6) unstable; urgency=low) which clearly states that it is down to the user to use FVWM's internal mechanism to generate a config file. ISTR in the dim and distant past, that Manoj and I had a conversation whereby he would put in place just this sort of default system-wide configuration file, for presumably good reasons that I've forgotten about. But either way, this needs documenting, and I am happy to provide a Debian-specific patch for this, if I am told where. It's making user-support a nightmare without this documented, as this clearly deviates from upstream and what's stated in the stale Debian NEWS file. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages fvwm depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcairo2 1.8.10-4 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2.1 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.3.11-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libfribidi0 0.19.2-1 Free Implementation of the Unicode ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.1-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libice6 2:1.0.6-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-2 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libpng12-0 1.2.44-1 PNG library - runtime ii libreadline6 6.1-3 GNU readline and history libraries ii librplay3 3.3.2-12 rplay network audio system - share ii librsvg2-2 2.26.3-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG ii libsm6 2:1.1.1-1 X11 Session Management library ii libstroke0 0.5.1-6 mouse strokes library -- runtime f ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-3 X11 client-side library ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.10-2 X cursor management library ii libxext6 2:1.1.1-3 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxft2 2.1.14-2 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxinerama1 2:1.1-3 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxpm4 1:3.5.8-1 X11 pixmap library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.5-2 X Rendering Extension client libra ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages fvwm recommends: ii fvwm-icons 20070101-1 icon *.xpm files from fvwm develop ii libx11-protocol-perl 0.56-2 Perl module for the X Window Syste ii perl-tk 1:804.029-1 Perl module providing the Tk graph Versions of packages fvwm suggests: ii cpp 4:4.4.4-2 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp) pn fvwm-themes <none> (no description available) ii m4 1.4.14-3 a macro processing language ii menu 2.1.43 generates programs menu for all me ii wm-icons 0.4.0-5 Themed icon set that is Window Man -- no debconf information -- Thomas Adam -- "It was the cruelest game I've ever played and it's played inside my head." -- "Hush The Warmth", Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
