Comment 8 for bug 1873415

Hi Robie.

> Won't that cause an unwanted conffile prompt on future release upgrade?

There will be no later future bad conffile prompt if the file isn't modified. This is because old/new conffile most likely will match the registered default checksum and therefore are upgraded without prompt. Instead it will change behavior "on upgrade" just as it already does on a F->G upgrade due to the new default being in Groovy.

> What if a user installs this update, has a modified /etc/default/gpsd, but doesn't see the prompt? Will that system not receive this fix?

yes, it is essentially a "fix of the conffile", therefore if someone skips the conffile update he will stay unfixed. Behavior will not change no matter if he "does update the conffile or not". In both cases USBAUTO will stay "off". It will just be more readable and usable if there is an explicit off setting in the conffile.

> For the SRU, would it be better to adjust /lib/systemd/system/gpsdctl@.service to handle a not-set USBAUTO variable

No as we'd further derive from how upstream, guides and other references will describe it.

> could you expand on the "Impact" section

Done