On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 10:42:10AM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > "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?
It shouldn't be (I think you're thinking of non-debconf prompting). Sometimes you have to prompt in the postinst, namely when you need your package to be unpacked before being able to figure out what the question should be. I don't know whether that applies in this case, but it does happen. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
