On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 07:17:49AM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: >> Umm, main-menu definitely did this before; > Main-menu calls 'udpkg --configure --force-configure' to force > maintainers scripts to be run, but that's all. Either main-menu > or udpkg must tell cdebconf to display seen questions.
OK, it used to call dpkg-reconfigure, which set the environment variable. I don't know who broke it and why, but it should be fixed. :-) > Automated installations can set debconf/showold to false. OK, that's a viable workaround for the time being, but it's not a solution in the long run. (One could for instance be interested in a semi-automated installation where some things are debconf preseeded and some things aren't.) /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
