Re: Conditional use of debconf
Bob Hilliard wrote:
> I would like to use debconf to present a message to the admin
> when a package is installed, but only if certain text does not
> appear in a config file.
>
> Without debconf, I could use code something like this in the
> [post|pre]inst:
>
> if !grep -q include /etc/dictd.conf
> then
> [Display message]
> fi
>
> I can't find anything in the debconf documentation or the command
> available in /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/debconf_specification.txt.gz
> that would permit this type of conditional display of a message. Is
> there something in the debconf documentation that I'm missing?
Well you can do the same exact thing with debconf.
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see shy jo
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