Bug#133030: debian-policy: debconf policy (specification) implies dpkg will run .config before preinst ALWAYS
On Fri, 08 Feb 2002, Joey Hess wrote:
> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > Please document this, it may save someone a grave bug someday, and maybe
> > even avoid a lot of headaches.
>
> Does it really need to be documented in policy? debconf-devel(8)
Well, one need not document that in policy, but it would be a good idea not
to misdocument it in policy, so I would add an "usually" and "see
debconf-devel(8)" to policy.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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