Re: How to get dpkg to recognize a debconf'd package?
Zed Pobre wrote:
> The package will be configured correctly if after installing I do
> dpkg-reconfigure <package>, but for some reason, debconf isn't being
> invoked on a dpkg -i. What's the most likely thing I missed?
You're not loading any of the debconf libraries in your postinst. Due to the
exceedingly ugly hack debconf uses to get its config script to run, that is
currently required. (Luckily, I have ideas about how dpkg can eventually be
extended to do away with the nastiness in the future.)
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