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Re: X Strike Force XFree86 SVN commit: rev 827 - trunk/debian



On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 09:22:20PM -0500, X Strike Force SVN Repository Admin wrote:
> Author: branden
> Date: 2003-12-06 21:22:19 -0500 (Sat, 06 Dec 2003)
> New Revision: 827
> 
> Modified:
>    trunk/debian/shell-lib.sh
> Log:
> Document that safe_debconf() should not be used with db_get or db_metaget
> commands; the return is only meaningful if the exit status of the debconf
> command is zero, which should be checked directly and not via a middle-man
> like safe_debconf().

And when you add support for backing up, exit status of db_go and db_input
commands must also be checked, this is why IMO this function is useless.

Denis



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