On 11/28/2013 09:56 PM, Ian Jackson wrote: > Jakub Wilk writes ("Re: debconf as a registry"): >> I suggest the following test instead: >> >> 1) DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install $package >> 2) rm -rf /var/cache/debconf >> 3) DEBIAN_PRIORITY=low apt-get install --reinstall $package >> >> If any questions are asked in point 3, the package uses debconf as registry. >> >> Funnily enough, debconf itself fails this test. > > I don't think this is right. Questions might be asked to know not > what to write into some config file, but to determine directly whether > the maintainer script should take some action right now (eg, > restarting a daemon or not). I think it is OK for the answers to such > questions to be recorded solely in the debconf database. > > Thanks, > Ian.
I agree with Ian. It is perfectly valid to do a db_unregister in a postinst, each time the package is installed/upgraded/reconfigured, as it is also valid to ask the same question to the user each time too. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/529acfaa.6050...@debian.org