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Re: Configuration management and packages



Previously Raul Miller wrote:
> We're talking about a user-interface mechanism, and we haven't defined
> an event-driven environment for dpkg installation and removal scripts
> to exist in, so it's not quite that simple.

Yes I did. Read again, or better, read the text I just posted.

> Remember that some packages just run a program under /usr/sbin/ for
> their prompting, and remember that apt will run dpkg multiple times,
> and remember that some packages are currently introspecting to decide
> whether or not the user should be prompted.

All of which is supported. Please read the text I just posted on
debian-devel and debian-policy. I have taken some time to think
this through. 

Wichert.

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