Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > | X_LOADTEMLATEFILE /var/lib/dpkg/info/newpkg.templates > > Maybe this is ok, so the running cdebconf should load the templates > instead of dpkg-loadtemplate?
That's the idea yeah. I don't know cdebconf internals that well, I hope it's a reasonable idea. > | Another option would be to make cdebconf get restarted in this > | circumstance and load the templates while it is down. > > the call tree here is something like > > init -> /sbin/debian-installer -> debconf -> main-menu -> anna -> > udpkg -> debconf-loadtemplate > > debconf-loadtemplate then needs to talk to debconf (can be done via > stdin/stdout communication, debconf protocol) and tell it to load > templates from a file. Restarting debconf would be cumbersome, I > think. debconf-loadtemplate will just have to be extended to see if > debconf is running by looking at DEBCONF_REDIR and using the > appropriate command if it is running. > > Does this look sane? Hmm, now that's a wrinkle I'd not thought of. Yes, it's slighlty hackish, but seems sane for d-i. -- see shy jo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
