Re: testing config/preinst mods
> > For config scripts, in the absence of something pre-existing, one
> > approach that looks like it would work pretty easily would be to
> > replace apt-extracttemplates (which is called by dpkg-preconfigure)
> > with something that would check a magic directory for replacement
> > scripts for a package and use those instead of the real ones if they
> > exist.
>
> I have never heard of something like this - but it would be simply
> great! Not only that it would make testing easier, but also because if
> some strange bug is reported, one could put debugging code at the right
> places of the script, send it to the bug submitter and ask him to make
> dpkg use it.
I had a couple of hours over the weekend to implement and test this.
I used it today to create patches for two outstanding bugs including
three merged release-critical bugs against console-common. I'll post
my solution to debian-devel today with the subject "testing
config/preinst mods: one approach".
--
Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>
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