Re: Bug#300159: tetex-extra: Fails to install (debconf-loadtemplates: command not found)

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org (va, manoj)>]

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:39:03 -0500, Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> said: 

> FWIW, the workaround in ucf, even if corrected, will not work.

	Perhaps not for tetex. But if some package does not directly
 use debconf, and thus does not source the confmodule. In this case,
 the work around does something useful.

> Debconf _always_ loads template files when the confmodule is
> sourced.  If the db is "lost or corrupted", loading the templates
> will not help, because the db is not in a usable state.

	What if /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat is deleted? the
 frontend seems to load templates on startup, and ucf can attempt
 something similar for the templates belonging to the calling package,
 if no frontend is running

> Loading the same templates one step before will make not an iota of
> difference.

	Not for a corrupt db, no. But for a DB that had been dleted
 and is slowly being rebuilt, it may help.

	If not, how would you suggest one goes around handling issues
 like the one reported in Bug#299077 ?

	manoj
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