Subject: pkg/31390: teTeX overwrites at least some local config files on installation
To: None <pkg-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: pkgsrc-bugs
Date: 09/26/2005 03:03:00
>Number: 31390
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: teTeX overwrites at least some local config files on installation
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: pkg-manager
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Sep 26 03:03:00 +0000 2005
>Originator: Steven M. Bellovin
>Release: NetBSD 3.99.9
>Organization:
Department of Computer Science, Columbia University
>Environment:
System: NetBSD berkshire.machshav.com 3.99.9 NetBSD 3.99.9 (BERKSHIRE) #2: Thu Sep 22 13:47:02 EDT 2005 smb@berkshire.machshav.com:/usr/BUILD/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/BERKSHIRE i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
Most packages do not overwrite existing config files if
one does pkg_delete/pkg_add. teTeX does, and in particular
it overwrites config.ps. I suspect that there are other such
files; that's the only one that's been annoying me of late.
>How-To-Repeat:
See above
>Fix:
Change the 'make install' for 'dvips' to check for config files
before overwriting them
>Unformatted: