NAME

       update-gconf-defaults - generate GConf defaults shipped in Debian packages

SYNOPSIS

       update-gconf-defaults [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the update-gconf-defaults command.

       update-gconf-defaults  is  responsible  for  generating  defaults  used  by GConf from the files found in
       /usr/share/gconf/defaults.

       The syntax of files in this directory consists in lines containing the key name, some  white  space,  and
       the key value, which can be an integer, a boolean, a float, a string or a list of strings. Example:

       /apps/myprogram/frob_number     42
       /apps/myprogram/do_foo          true
       /apps/myprogram/priority        1.25
       /apps/myprogram/name            "Gotcha !"
       /apps/myprogram/names           [Ha ha!,Let's keep serious,Ho ho!]

       Files  are  processed in alphabetical order. Files processed later take precedence over the previous ones
       if they include the same defaults.  Thus, it is recommended to name  them  NN_package  with  NN  being  a
       2-digit number and package the package name. It is recommended to set NN as 10 for packages in the Debian
       archive, 20 for derived distributions, 50 for CDD distributions, and 90 for site-specific packages.

OPTIONS

       --source source_dir
              Specify an alternate source directory where to find the defaults.

       --destination destination_dir
              Specify an alternate destination directory where to build the resulting GConf tree.

       --mandatory
              Sets source and destination directories appropriate for the mandatory values.

FILES

       /usr/share/gconf/defaults/
              The directory from which defaults files are read.

       /usr/share/gconf/mandatory/
              The directory from which defaults files for mandatory settings are read.

       /var/lib/gconf/debian.defaults
              The directory where the GConf tree for default settings is generated. It is read by GConf with the
              default Debian configuration, and it takes precedence over upstream defaults.

       /var/lib/gconf/debian.mandatory
              The  directory  where the GConf tree for mandatory settings is generated. It is read by GConf with
              the default Debian configuration, and it takes precedence over user settings.

SEE ALSO

       dh_gconf(1),gconftool(1).

AUTHOR

       Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>.

                                                   2 Feb 2009                           UPDATE-GCONF-DEFAULTS(8)