[Bug 486939] Changed configuration file quoting format breaks upgrades

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  gdm | general | Ver: 2.20.x

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------- Comment #2 from Brian Cameron  2007-11-01 17:46 UTC -------

This probably broke because a lot of cleanup work was done in GDM 2.20. 
Basically the way GDM reads its configuration file was completely ripped out
and replaced.  Previously it used a private vicious-extensions library and now
it uses the glib keyfile interfaces, which are probably better maintained and
more stable.

The existing gdmsetup just has an entry field for entering options.  We need to
check if it is putting the backslash in there.  If it is, and if this breaks
the command, then we should either fix it so it doesn't do this, or so that the
code accepts commands with the backslash quotes (probably better if this is the
way the old GDM worked).

I haven't heard that this is causing problems for other users.  I would accept
a patch to fix GDM to be better backwards compatible.


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