On Sat, Jan 3 1998 17:38 +0100 Richard Braakman writes: > Christian Schwarz wrote: > [Immediate-Configure: Yes field] [...] > An Immediate-Configure field will help with 2, but I think there is a > better solution. If there is a way to specify that a package's > postinst is _not interactive_, then dpkg can attempt to configure > those packages right away; there is no reason not to try. (If > dependencies are not satisfied, it can try again after all packages > have been unpacked.)
[This discussion belongs probably to debian-policy] As Roberto already pointed out on debian-policy, a clever solution would be to make the postinst non-interactive _in general_. If then a program wouldn't have a postconfigure file it could be configured right away. David -- David Frey (51F35923114FC864 7D05FF173C61EFDE) Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. -- Henry Spencer -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
