On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 02:11:20PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Have you looked at debconf at all? Because.. > > Scott Barker wrote: > > 1) Separate interactive and non-interactive installation scripts. I suggest > > that the current debian install scripts should contain *only* > > non-interative functionality, such as running ldconfig, update-rc.d, etc. > > *All* interactive functionality should be moved into a separate config > > script. > > This is what debconf does.
My reading of it was that you use the debconf functions from within the post-install script. I'm talking about a completely new functionality for the packaging system, where a config script is defined, and is not the post-install script. I will check again, in case I missed something. -- Scott Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Consultant http://www.mostlylinux.ab.ca/scott Looking for a husband? Know anyone looking for a husband? Well, I'm looking for a wife. See http://www.mostlylinux.ab.ca/scott/wife.shtml Want a good deal on a personal computer in Calgary, Alberta, Canada? Visit http://www.mostlylinux.ab.ca/scott/computers.shtml [ Unsolicited commercial and junk e-mail will be proof-read for US$100 ] "Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it." - Max Frisch
