Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] > 2) If we install the schemas in the postinst, should we also uninstall > them in the postrm or something such ? [...] I wonder if gconf actually provides a means to unregister keys. I get the impression that it tends to become overwhelmed with orphaned/obsolete keys just like the windoze registry. Aditionally, unregistering keys unconditionally might even be dangerous, in cases where several packages potentially modify the same keys, like e.g. totem and nautilus-media. Both register themselves as thumbnailers for the same mime types. So if I remove the gconf keys that it had registered while uninstalling nautilus-media, I would potentially affect totem, which may have modified these keys if it was installed later than nautilus-media. It is also possible that a sysadmin has made his/her own changes to the gconf registry. So, unregistering keys on deinstall would be O.K. only if the keys haven't been changed from their initial values after the schemas file was installed. The easies way to test this would probably be to compare the values from the schemas file with those in the gconf registry. Johannes
