Re: stop abusing debconf already

[Cameron Patrick <cameron@patrick.wattle.id.au>]

On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 08:58:14AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
| 
| This has always prompted me to ask myself _why_ debconf entries are
| persistent then. If I _really_ have to parse config files in my config
| script to properly seed debconf to ask the right questions, then why
| does debconf have a database in the first place?
| 

So that most of the time, you don't have to hit enter mindlessly to
confirm the answers to questions that you've already answered when
upgrading?

Cameron.