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Re: [cdebconf] Backing up can't work if seen questions are skipped



Denis Barbier wrote:
> Cdebconf currently seems to work because most scripts fset seen false,
> which is obviously a bad thing.  When those commands are removed, main
> menu items can no more be asked again.

This could be fixed by checking to see if a menu item is already
configured, if so then have main-menu reconfigure it. The seen flag
should then be entirely ignored.

The only problem then is that if a menu item is run, fails, and is run
again, it is dpkg --configured, and so anything it displayed prior to
failure will not be re-seen. Also, things like hw-detect and retreivers 
that use debconf still need to mess with the seen flag as they may re
run over and over in non-reconfiugured mode.

-- 
see shy jo

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