you thinking about?
Immediately :)
Actually, as soon as debconf can handle what I need it to, I plan on
converting all the packages I need myself if I have to (and I'll pass my
changes on to the maintainters, if they want them).
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e that configuration. dpkg --configure simply re-runs the
postinstall script, which (assuming debconf was used) would simply reconfigure
using the previous configuration again.
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x27;re
not supposed to do, but if the only purpose is for an administrator to be able
to use dpkg-repack, I think it should be ok.
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ebconf/ instead
of debian/templates, dpkg-repack could handle it (and I could start
repackaging packages for use in my labs).
I don't mean to be pushy, I'm just very excited at the prospect of removing
RedHat and replacing it with Debian on all my workstations.
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to see if this is a joke, but if it is not, you do
> not know what powers of restraint it requires to stay away from THIS fish
> hook.
Hey, don't knock it :) It's been working, and I've been meeting people.
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On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 02:13:26PM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 02:11:20PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Have you looked at debconf at all? Because..
> >
> > Scott Barker wrote:
>
> Of course not; people are, sadly, always trying to redesi
On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 02:11:20PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> Have you looked at debconf at all? Because..
>
> Scott Barker wrote:
> > 1) Separate interactive and non-interactive installation scripts. I suggest
> >that the current debian install scripts should cont
ckage, such that new options can be merged
into an existing configuration. Also, it would be nice to be able to embed
a bit of perl into the config file, so you could do things like:
$lynx_home_page = "www.`dnsdomainname`";
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ong with 2.0.30. I've been using it as a network server, an
internet gateway, and a masquerading box (3 different boxes) and have yet to
have any problems at all.
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,
"Problems restoring permissions of folder %s!"),
cur_folder);
if (sleepmsg > 0)
sleep(sleepmsg);
}
+#if 0
}
+#endif
#if defined(BSD) && !defined(UTIMBUF)
utime_buffer[0] = buf.st_atime;
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n on the side of leaving
'date' alone rather than changing it.
If someone wants to reopen the bug, they should feel free to do so. However,
it would be nice if this time, after discussion ended, the bug report were
closed one way or the other.
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present after booting
from the installed system.
This has been done with modconf, and timezone and kbd both have their own
configure utilities (although I'm not sure if they are used by the root disk
or if the root disk has it's own copy).
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should install the boot-floppies package, and examine all
> of the scripts in it. That will show you how the base system is created
> and how you can modify the process.
Actually, I untar'red the base system to /dos/linux, and I'm just trying to
remove a few unnecessary package
oing on? Should I file this as a bug report against
dpkg?
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