gconf (was Re: RPM Database Corruption)

[Chris Mohler]

> Local settings were fine. It was defaults that were an issue - new
> accounts created were just as screwed.
>
> It was not the user gconf directory - it was whatever happens when
> gconftool-2 runs in an rpm post script that was completely fubared.

Ouch.  I've not experienced that yet - sorry.


> No - I'm not volunteering. I don't have the time.
> It is a weakness in gnome (and thus fedora) however.

I'm not a huge fan of the gconf registry either, but that's (perhaps
unfortunately) the direction the devs have gone.  I wonder if
"gconftool-2 --dump / > backup.xml" every so often would actually
serve as a backup?

Chris