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Re: cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src by barbier



On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 08:37:21PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 11:40:07AM -0700, Debian Boot CVS Master wrote:
> > Log Message:
> >   cdebconf did gobble everything in extended descriptions
> >   after a paragraph or a line beginning with a leading space.
> 
> this patch isn't complete. debconf-devel say:
> | Text in the extended description will be word-wrapped, unless it is
> | prefixed by additional whitespace (beyond the one required space).  You
> | can break it up into separate paragraphs by putting " ."  on  a line by
> | itself between them.
> 
> if i define
> |   interface     = ${interface}
> |   gateway       = ${gateway}
> 
> i get
> | interface     = sit0
> |  address       = 2001:658:201:391::

True, but I am not sure it is easy to fix; debconf has the same problem
and for this reason some people do write
  .
  interface     = ${interface}
  gateway       = ${gateway}
Of course fixing it is a better alternative, will try.

Denis



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