"Jamin W. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:51:01PM +0100, Jeremy Lain? wrote: >> >> I can see how it is a Bad Thing to prompt the user for input both in >> postinst and in config, but the fact still stands that it's the way >> it's done in horde2, and I'm sure there must be a good reason for it! >> Any ideas here? > > Ask it during config, store it in debconf until your through using it in > postinst and then clear it from debconf. It's how I do it in mediamate.
I can't find it right now, but isn't it written somewhere that prompting in postinst will be a no-no in future policy releases? Bye, Frank -- Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
