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Re: debconf and dpkg-reconfigure behavior



On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 06:08:27PM -0600, Carlo U. Segre wrote:
> # dpkg-recnfigure debconf
> Just returns to the prompt with no other output.  

That's because you have debconf configured not to ask questions again
once you've answered them, or it's set to non-interactive.

> From the debconf manual,
> this should at least ask me the quetions using the Dialog method.

No, the above is doing exactly what you told it to do when you
originally configured debconf.  dpkg-reconfigure -plow debconf will,
however, force it to ask questions.

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