On 28/04/15 19:37, Paul Gevers wrote: > On 28-04-15 14:26, Christopher Baines wrote: >> This happens when the package is installed, and I am running >> dpkg-reconfigure. The manpage seems to suggest that this can happen for >> three reasons: >> >> "Debconf decides if the question is actually displayed, based on its >> priority, and whether the user has seen it before, and which frontend is >> being used. If the question will not be displayed, debconf replies with >> code 30." >> >> Priority should not matter, since I am using dpkg-reconfigure. I am >> explicitly setting the seen flag to false, and I am unsure if its an >> issue with the frontend, as other similar questions work. >> >> Does anyone know why this is happening, and is there any way to get more >> information about what debconf is doing? > > DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg-reconfigure <your_package_here> > This will also show WHY you get the 30 response.
Thanks, this did the trick. It turns out that the question had no choices (it was using a substitution) and thus was not displayed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/55411172.9020...@cbaines.net
