Re: Problems with using debconf in init script...
Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> writes:
> Philippe Troin wrote:
> > This means that the info is stored twice:
> >
> > - in the "config file".
> >
> > - in the debconf database.
> >
> > What should happen if the "config file" is changed outside of debconf
> > and then a change is made with debconf ?
>
> There was recently a large thread about this entitled "use and abuse of
> debconf". The head message explains one rather simple solution. What you're
> trying to do is pretty firmly in the abuse category.
I've retracted this, and made some changes to the am-utils package,
following your rules explained in:
Subject: use and abuse of debconf
From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:58:33 -0800
To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
I would like to make things more automatic, and explained a way to
handle this in:
From: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
Subject: Re: Problems with using debconf in init script...
To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Date: 29 Jan 2001 20:15:37 -0800
Message-ID: <[🔎] 87snm1hdzq.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org>
I would appreciate if you could comment on this.
Phil.
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