On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 12:50:48PM +0100, Sebastian Ley wrote: [...] > > But I am quite certain that this whole stuff is a bad idea, how to abort > > and thus go back to main-menu should be handled directly by cdebconf, > > and not by config scripts. > > I suppose that is impossible (correct me if I'm wrong) since cdebconf > knows nothing of the question hierarchy and neither of main-menu.
When cdebconf runs a config script, questions are not immediately flagged as being seen, but pushed into a stack containing all seen questions. When the script ends, the database is updated, and when user goes back the question is removed from the stack. In his patch, Steinar adds tha ability to purge this stack before exiting, and thus question status is not updated. This can be very useful, my only disagreement being that IMO this purge should not be requested by config scripts, but by cdebconf itself. I wrote a patch yesterday to add an 'Abort' button to progress bars, which kills the config script (by sending SIGTERM to the right pid, as suggested by Steinar in another thread) and thus will return to main-menu. I am now polishing it, and am adding an abort capability the same way as backup works, i.e. an 'Abort' button will be displayed if it is supported by the frontend. It will go into a CVS branch when it is finished. Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
