I have been having continuing difficulties making debconf display
a note for dict-web1913. With DEBCONF=developer in my environment,
when I install the package, debconf returns:
debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is dict-web1913
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/dict-web1913.config configure
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT critical dict-web1913/reconf
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
I assume the reason the question is skipped is because it has
been seen. The postrm script includes:
if [ "$1" = "purge" -a -e /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ]; then
# Source debconf library.
. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
# Remove my changes to the db.
db_purge
fi
I understand this should purge all information pertaining to the
package from the debconf database. When I run `sudo dpkg --purge
dict-web1913', debconf returns:
debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is dict-web1913
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/dict-web1913.postrm purge
debconf (developer): <-- PURGE
debconf (developer): --> 0
I assume this means the database has been purged.
However, after this action, /var/cache/debconf/config.dat still
contains:
Name: dict-web1913/reconf
Template: dict-web1913/reconf
Value:
Owners: unknown
Flags: seen
and /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat still contains the templates
file.
Is this a bug, or am I using db_purge incorrectly in the postrm.
Is there another way to make debconf forget it has shown the messge to
the user?
Bob
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