Daniel Burrows wrote: > I've got a question about this. If you use the --frontend=Base approach, is > there any way to "mark" which packages were installed in this way?
No. Though I can see adding it. > I'd > personally like to be able to do this but also to go back later and fix up > configuration for packages which had configure options. One thing debconf lets you do is reconfigure packages after install. Just run "dpkg-reconfigure package", and it's as if you're installing it again. > Also, are the APIs > designed in a way that guarantees this to work, or will the config options > only > be effective if set before the package is installed, or does it depend on the > package maintainer Doing the Right Thing? (I'm still working through > Wichert's > proposal, so apologies if it's covered in there..) Basically, dpkg-reconfigure has to call the postinst again to make sure any changes you make in your answers to the questions are seen and acted on. The postinst is idempotent, so running it again is really no problem. -- see shy jo
