Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 03:40:14PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Colin Watson wrote:
> > > I wonder if it might also be worth implementing INFO with no arguments,
> > > to clear the info and go back to blank (in the case of cdebconf) or
> > > gettext("Debian Configuration") (in the case of debconf)?
> >
> > I think that's reasonable, but it should also be reset when deconf
> > starts a new confmodule, as is currently done with the title. This will
> > need to parallell the default_title calls that are currently in debconf,
> > I haven't looked at cdebconf.
>
> I've done this, and checked in the result.
>
> I'm unconvinced about this resetting, though. Doesn't resetting it at
> the same times as we reset the title defeat the ability to, say, set an
> info message during an upgrade to say "System update"? I thought part of
> the point of info messages was explicitly *not* to get reset when a new
> confmodule connects.
Hmm, but the whole d-i run is effectively one confmodule connection
isn't it? That's why I saw it as being reset between confmodules,
otherwise an unrelated confmodule could spill an unrelated into message
over to the next one run.
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see shy jo
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