Previously Stefan Gybas wrote: > You could check a shell variable if interaction is forbidden, ... No, we want multiple degrees of interactivity: * expert: ask me everything and then some * standard: only ask reasonable questions * clueless: only ask essentials: * hands-off: defaults only, abort if install is not possible > postinst could also call a script "get-settings <packagename>" which > could be customized by the admin to fetch the "cookies" What is wrong with using the already proposed database? You can store everything in there you want. Wichert. -- ============================================================================== This combination of bytes forms a message written to you by Wichert Akkerman. E-Mail: wakkerma@cs.leidenuniv.nl WWW: http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~wichert/
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