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Re: Configuration management goal



Previously Ian Jackson wrote:
> 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.

Indeed. The design even has a way of preconfiguring systems:
you can put configuration in a remote database and tell a machine to
use that database. Then you do a non-interactive install and everything
will work..

Wichert.

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