Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761045AbZD2UAr (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:00:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753309AbZD2UAg (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:00:36 -0400 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:46220 "EHLO out1.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755365AbZD2UAf (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:00:35 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: BkBxc2rBeHh4pkd95Sl3INhjFH0EPp/UPAyW0GP9PXRu 1241035234 Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:00:32 -0300 From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh To: Kay Sievers Cc: Mike Frysinger , Greg KH , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: usbutils 0.81 release Message-ID: <20090429200032.GD1598@khazad-dum.debian.net> References: <20090427193532.GA2948@kroah.com> <8bd0f97a0904291053g3aa71decpd33f6621ad0bf9f8@mail.gmail.com> <20090429180735.GA29812@kroah.com> <8bd0f97a0904291117ic07fadcs2a02fca3dcfefcf0@mail.gmail.com> <20090429191841.GA1598@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20090429195037.GC1598@khazad-dum.debian.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1024D/1CDB0FE3 5422 5C61 F6B7 06FB 7E04 3738 EE25 DE3F 1CDB 0FE3 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 945 Lines: 22 On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Kay Sievers wrote: > And if your distro updates the package, it overwrites the changes you > did to the file, and they are lost? I suppose so, and not just for package updates: if you run update-usbids, the old one is overwritten AFAIK. I didn't check the scripts, though. But as a long time Debian Developer and user, that's what is implied by its location in /var. If local admin changes are to be preserved, Debian policy mandates that it belongs on /etc. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/