On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 08:04:14AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:07:05 +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Well, the solution to this problem is to _never_ use debconf to store > >information. The configuration info should be stored in the > >configuration files, and the current debconf values should be set > >based on the content of the configuration files. The values in the > >debconf database should only be used when no configuration file exist. > > > >(This is sometimes summarized using statements like 'debconf is not a > >registry'.) > > Why is the information given during package installation stored > persistently in the first place?
As a convenience so that you don't have to waste time answering questions again and again. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
