Re: Debconf is not a registry

2004-11-02 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 06:14:57PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > But that could as well be achieved by parsing the configuration files: That is exactly what packages were the Debconf configuration winds up in a configuration file have to do. However, Debconf answers will not always wind up in con

Re: Debconf is not a registry

2004-11-01 Thread Frank Küster
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 08:04:14AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:07:05 +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >Well, the solution to this problem is to _never_ use debconf to store >> >information. The configura

Re: Debconf is not a registry (was: Right Way to make a configuration package)

2004-11-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 08:04:14AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:07:05 +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Well, the solution to this problem is to _never_ use debconf to store > >information. The configuration info should be stored in the > >configuratio

Re: Debconf is not a registry

2004-11-01 Thread Frank Küster
sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 08:04:14AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >> Why is the information given during package installation stored >> persistently in the first place? > > it's not stored persistently, that's why it's in /var/cache :) But debconf itself think

Re: Debconf is not a registry (was: Right Way to make a configuration package)

2004-11-01 Thread sean finney
On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 08:04:14AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > Why is the information given during package installation stored > persistently in the first place? it's not stored persistently, that's why it's in /var/cache :) sean -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature