Re: debconf db_input in postinst / horde2
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 10:00:16AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 10:42:10AM +0100, Frank K?ster wrote:
> >
> > I can't find it right now, but isn't it written somewhere that prompting
> > in postinst will be a no-no in future policy releases?
>
> It shouldn't be (I think you're thinking of non-debconf prompting).
>
> Sometimes you have to prompt in the postinst, namely when you need your
> package to be unpacked before being able to figure out what the question
> should be. I don't know whether that applies in this case, but it does
> happen.
In this particular case it's a concern about not storing a DB admin
password in debconf yet still being able to properly remove a package
created DB if the user has requested the package do so on purge.
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