Re: error installing debconf
On Sat, Jan 08, 2000 at 12:10:17AM -0600, Ashley Clark wrote:
> Yes, the /usr/sbin file is one of two that should actually be in
> /usr/sbin, by changing the line in the Makefile, it creates the
> directory and when creating the deb file, places in it two files,
> dpkg-preconfig and dpkg-reconfigure.
Ah! I wasn't aware of that. I'm still pretty new to all this, and
hadn't been able to follow the makefile well enough. Thanks for the
explanation.
> > enough to let me install debconf. And that meant I could install a
> > couple of things that had gotten stuck due to depending on debconf.
>
> You could just configure the unconfigured packages by running
> dpkg --configure --pending, but I'm unsure that by not installing
> those files whether or not that will affect other packages that
> depend on debconf.
I'll give it a whirl and see what happens. Thanks.
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