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Re: debconf reconfiguration from postinst of another package



On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:

>   * package foo-player
>     + supports both JackD and PulseAudio, but only one
>     + asks which method to use via debconf
>   * package bar-studio-desktop
>     + depends on xfce4, jackd2 and foo-player
>     + conflicts against bar-office-desktop
>     + postinst script asks foo-player to use JackD
>   * package bar-office-desktop
>     + depends on xfce4, pulseaudio and foo-player
>     + conflicts against bar-studio-desktop
>     + postinst script asks foo-player to use PulseAudio.

In this particular case I think foo-player should detect at when it is
started what audio system to use and offer a choice if both are
running, anything else isn't a good idea IMO.

-- 
bye,
pabs

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