Re: Bug#265286: Need a way for repeated choices in "select" questions
On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 12:22:56PM -0300, Joey Hess wrote:
>
> If you really wanted to you could possibly use cdebconf's transled list
> features to provide an "english translation" that uses the same text for
> items while being backed by a real list that uses unique lines for
> everything. I don't know if that would work, it probably depend's in the
> implementation, and possibly on the frontend (this would be impossible
> to do with debconf's dialog frontend, for instance).
We don't know how many items are necessary (how many partitions there
are). Or maybe I don't know this feature well.
> I doubt you'll get better support from either debconf.
It would be enough if besides $RET there is another variable holding the
number of the chosen choice. I don't know how this relates with the
debconf protocol.
> Have you considered just bringing the "hda" down to the free space
> line?
This is not necessarily unique, but hda-1, hda-2 are possible.
Anton Zinoviev
Reply to: