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Re: HELP: Fixing a debconf bug in proftpd



On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:47:00 +0000, Niels Thykier wrote:

> > 1. Would anybody so kind to have a look at this issue? It is our show
> > stopper to get back into testing.
> 
> From a /very quick glance/, it looks like the package is basically using
> "debconf as a registry".
> 
> Longer version: In a "config" script, the debconf questions should be
> "re-seeded" with the current default value /as defined in the actual
> configuration file/ (rather than assuming the debconf database is up to
> date).
>   See [localepurge template file] for an way of how to do this (ymmv).

There's a more or less ready to use example also in debconf-devel(7)
(scroll down to "Config file handling").
 

Cheers,
gregor

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