Re: stop abusing debconf already
On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 21:16:08 -0500, John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>
wrote:
>Don Armstrong writes:
>> I (apparently incorrectly) presumed that debconf was also intended to
>> allow for the eventual automation of replicated Debian installations.
>
>I distinctly remember reading exactly that.
And I have greatly simplified my potato => woody updates by seeding
the debconf database with answers to anticipated questions. With
database overloading, there is even a mechanism in place to allow
things like that, but it didn't work when I tried. Had to brute my
answers into the "real" debconf database with a small perl script :-(
Greetings
Marc
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