[Bug 486939] New: Changed configuration file quoting format breaks upgrades

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  gdm | general | Ver: 2.20.x
           Summary: Changed configuration file quoting format breaks
                    upgrades
           Product: gdm
           Version: 2.20.x
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: critical
          Priority: Normal
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: gdm-maint at gnome.bugs
        ReportedBy: joss at malsain.org
         QAContact: gdm-maint at gnome.bugs
                CC: pkg-gnome-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org
     GNOME version: 2.19/2.20
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


[ forwarded from http://bugs.debian.org/445947 by Javier Kohen ]

After upgrading to this version I noticed that GDM was failing to restart. The
culprit was a configuration line in the servers section of gdm.conf. The
previous version of gdmsetup had created the following entry:
0=Standard -layout \"Single LVDS\"

However, the latest version of GDM was choking on the space. Removing the
backslashes before the quotes solved the issue.

I set the severity to important because this breaks perfectly working setups
created with the bundled configuration utility. The manual fix is trivial,
though.

I don't know whether the latest version of gdmsetup writes the backslashes or
not.

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In Debian we consider this bug as release-critical as it is breaking the
configuration file across upgrades.

I am very interested to know what are your plans about it. If you decide to
keep this new file format, we will have to write a hack that changes the quotes
in the configuration file.


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