Re: Where does debconf-shell come from

[David Goodenough <david.goodenough@btconnect.com>]

On Wednesday 26 March 2008, David Goodenough wrote:
> Having built a repository with all the debs I need (or at least all the
> debs that work_out_debs seems to think I need) I tried running
> emsandbox pointing it at my local repository.
>
> But it decided that I needed debconf-shell, and I can not find any
> reference to this either in the main Debian repository, or in the one
> I built, or in any file in the ones I built.
>
> Anyone know where it is supposed to come from?
>
> David

OK, I found it, its part of debconf.  Why is debconf not either called in
as a pre-req or listed in base-files?

David