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Re: postinst and debconf again



On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 04:43:33PM +0100, pp wrote:

> > > dpkg: error processing libmidgard (--install):
> > >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 30
> > > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > >  libmidgard

> > > debconf -s postinst
> > > runs without any problem 

> > You're missing a '|| true' after the prompt for midgard/error.  The
> > question is being skipped by debconf, probably because it's been shown
> > before, and this results in a different return code.

> With a '||true' no error is returned , but message is not displayed.
> Shouldn't be something like db_display ??

Why do you believe this message should be shown to the admin again after
it's already been shown once?

It is possible, but you should be sure it's needed before adding such
complexity to your maintainer scripts.

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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