Re: Configuration management goal
Raphael Hertzog writes ("Configuration management goal"):
...
> I think we have jumped over a step : the configuration is managed in the
> postinst script. But most package does not clearly separate
> post-installation from configuration. And this difference should really
> exist. If I want to install a package but not to configure it, I generally
> can't. To understand that, I must explain what configuration means for me :
> configuration is all the job that is needed in order that the program will
> do what he is intented to, this includes all calls to update-rc.d, all
> calls to update-inetd and all interactive questions...
In Debian, running the postinst script _is_ configuring the package.
If you want to install a package but not to configure it, use
dpkg --unpack.
As dpkg says when running the postinst, `Setting up ...'.
Ian.
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