Bug#228535: [Popcon-developers] Bug#228535: popularity-contest: debconf fails to enable participation
On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 10:58:12AM -0500, Charles Fry wrote:
> Package: popularity-contest
> Version: 1.7
> Severity: important
>
> After installing popularity-contest, the default participation value was
> off (I have it set to only ask high priority questions). Debconf
> prompted me by email to run:
>
> dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest
>
> to turn popularity-contest on or off. I ran dpkg-reconfigure, and when
> asked if I wanted to participate, I responded "Yes". Even after doing
> so, /etc/popularity-contest.conf still contained the following:
>
> # PARTICIPATE can be one of "yes" or "no". If you don't want to
> # participate in the contest, say "no" and we won't send messages.
> #
> # If this option is missing, the default is "no".
> #
> PARTICIPATE=no
>
> As far as I can tell the only way I can (currently) turn popularity
> contest on is by manually editing this file.
Thanks for your bug report,
It seems that this is an incorrect use of debconf in the postinst
we must read the config file and update it instead of just creating
it when it is not present.
Cheers,
Bill.
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