On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 02:12:06PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Not really. I named it dpkg-reconfigure for a reason. :-)
Excellent! :) > Oh, that's not the problem. Dpkg-repack should pick up that file fine. What > it won't pick up is the actual answers you've given to the questions, which > are stored in some debconf db somewhere. It's probably anathema to suggest, but what if there was a utility that could export the data from the debconf db back into the template file? I know that would be a terrible hack, and would fiddle with the dpkg files, which we're not supposed to do, but if the only purpose is for an administrator to be able to use dpkg-repack, I think it should be ok. -- 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 ] "At Group L, Stoffel oversees six first-rate programmers, a managerial challenge roughly comparable to herding cats." - The Washington Post Magazine, June 9, 1985
