On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 01:22:09PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Branden Robinson wrote: > > The debconf reorg is scheduled, but I *don't* have plans to introduce a > > spurious dependency of xserver-xfree86 on discover, mdetect, or read-edid. > > Have you considered doing an xfree86-config package that is separate > from X and depends on the right set of tools? I like this, because it > allows for a xfree86-knoppix-config or whatever.
Did the d-i team consider using the xdebconfigurator package? Description: A script used with debconf to autoconfigure xserver-xfree86 A script-package used in conjunction with debconf to autoconfigure xserver-xfree86. This script is supposed to help setup X correctly even with DEBIAN_FRONTEND set to noninteractive. Just a thought, I haven't really seen it in action. Michael