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Re: dpkg modification: non-interactivity



Previously Mitch Blevins wrote:
> Maybe we could use something similar to libtricks where dpkg (and spawned
> programs like the post/pre scripts) are presented with a 'fake' filesystem
> that appears to change for them, but is only an illusion.

So a package thinks it is configured but actually it isn't? That sounds
like a really bad idea..

The only solution I see so far is making each maintainer script check
with dpkg if a directory should be processed before doing anything in
there. That will make life for maintainers hard though.

Wichert.

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