Re: How many times run debian/config?
On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 01:09:39PM +0200, Fabio Tranchitella wrote:
> Hi, I've some problems with debian/config script for my package.. I'm
> not sure about when the script run.
>
> If I install my package with dpkg, it run once, after unpacking...
> But if I install the package with apt-get, it run twice: before the
> unpacking (Preconfiguring package) and after the unpacking (Configuring
> package),
Correct. Once by dpkg-preconfigure and once by postinst, see
debconf-devel(7).
> so I have to check if conffiles have already been unpacked
> before trying to modify them.
[...]
/Usually/ you should not _modify_ any files in the config script. -
Ask the questions in the config-script and modify the files in
postinst.
cu andreas
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