Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-security (261 mails)

["Rafael E. Herrera" <raffo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Jones wrote:
> Isn't this functionality provided in your system via the 
> update-desktop.desktop link? This file is generated upon every new 
> installation and/or update that has any type of administrative notifications. 

I don't use KDE. Notification through mail would be better.

> As far as files being "snatched" up ----- isn't that covered by package 
> requirements/dependencies in the rpm installation? Your rpm system should not 
> allow the file(s) to be removed( i.e. the update should not be installed as 
> well); because another package would be broken --- thus a fatal conflict. 
> Unless you installed one or the other via source; or you forced the update.

I don't think that is how the gnome files were handled. The notification one
received was that the directories /etc/opt/gnome2 and /opt/gnome2 were
going to be removed by some script (rm -rf) and that you better move your
files out before it happened.

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     Rafael