Bug#133030: marked as done (debian-policy: debconf policy (specification) implies dpkg will run .config before preinst ALWAYS)
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From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
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Subject: debian-policy: debconf policy (specification) implies dpkg will run .config before preinst ALWAYS
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Package: debian-policy
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The debconf specification text says:
The config-file contains a new element, which I call the configmodule.
This is a program that will determine the configuration before the package
is unpacked. This means it is run before the preinst, and before the
package is unpacked! This is done to make sure that we can use the desired
configuration in the preinst if necessary.
However, that not only is false when we "dpkg -i" something, but it also
will not work if apt-utils is not installed. In that case, the preinst will
cause the config module to be run when /usr/share/debconf/confmodule is
first executed. If it is not executed, it will not run "before" the preinst
in that case (and it would actually run inside the preinst, not before
anyway...)
Please document this, it may save someone a grave bug someday, and maybe
even avoid a lot of headaches.
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To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
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Subject: Re: Bug#133030: debian-policy: debconf policy (specification)
implies dpkg will run .config before preinst ALWAYS
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Hi,
>>"Henrique" == Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> writes:
Henrique> The debconf specification text says:
[whatever]
Henrique> Please document this, it may save someone a grave bug
Henrique> someday, and maybe even avoid a lot of headaches.
Why? Policy does not contain the faulty text. The debconf
specification is not in policy. Debconf documentation already
documents that fact. I see no reason to add details of yet another
program into policy.
manoj
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