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Bug 2959

Summary:	tdmrc obliterated by upgrading
Product:	TDE	Reporter:	Felix Miata <mrmazda>
Component:	tdebase	Assignee:	Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	bugwatch
Priority:	P5
Version:	R14.0.x [Trinity]
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=2248
Compiler Version:		TDE Version String:
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Description Felix Miata 2018-08-18 00:07:39 CDT

tdmrc is obliterated by upgrading 14.0.x tdm package whether in openSUSE, Kubuntu, Mageia or Debian.

Actual behavior:
1-Update of tdm replaces /etc/trinity/tdm/tdmrc
2-old tdmrc is /not/ left behind as rpmsave/debsave
3-rpmnew/debnew is /not/ created alongside existing tdmrc
4-greeter customizations are obliterated

Expected behavior:
A-new tdmrc is merged with old tdmrd, preserving customizations, or
B-old tdmrc is preserved as is and tdmrc.[rpmnew,debnew] is created alongside, or
C-new tdmrc is installed only after preserving existing as tdmrc.[rpmsave,debsave]

Comment 1 Felix Miata 2018-08-18 00:17:23 CDT

There is a an obtrusive workaround for preserving existing tdmrc:

# chattr +i /etc/trinity/tdm/tdmrc

However, it interferes with normal updates, waiting for an answer to the package manager's complaint that it cannot write a new tdmrc file. Every subsequent updates session wants to update the entire package again due to the previous "failure".