Re: Wrestling with debconf

2022-01-06 Thread Kip Warner
On Tue, 2022-01-04 at 12:34 +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: > As I recall, when you manage a file via debconf, you should *not* ship > it directly in the package.  You can ship a template in a different > location (e.g., /usr/share/myfoo/server.conf.template) and then use > that combined with the debco

Re: Wrestling with debconf

2022-01-04 Thread Kip Warner
On Tue, 2022-01-04 at 12:34 +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: > (Having seen your enquiry on IRC, I presume this issue was still > relevant) Hey Niels. Yes, indeed. Still trying to solve this problem. > I read the "newly unpacked /etc/myfoo/server.conf" as you shipping > "/etc/myfoo/server.conf" direct

Re: Wrestling with debconf

2022-01-04 Thread Niels Thykier
Kip Warner: > Hey list, > > [...] > The problem here is this re-running of the myfoo-server.config happens > before the myfoo-server.postinst. This is bad because the latter is > supposed to update the values in /etc/myfoo/server.conf to whatever the > user just entered via debconf prompts. > > B

Wrestling with debconf

2021-11-25 Thread Kip Warner
Hey list, I'm having an issue with my myfoo-server maintainer scripts for my package myfoo-server. In a nutshell, I am trying to get the user's requested configuration to be handled elegantly. I've read the debconf specification and debconf-devel(7). I see that my issue is discussed: https

[OT] Re: Wrestling

2002-11-04 Thread Amaya
Sa B Broderick said: > Do you all like wrestling ? I dont > mean overglorified national types like > WWF and WCW. I mean hard nosed good old > local wrestling. I think d-devel is the list for a nice demo of how much we do like wrestling. I mean hard nosed good old virtual wrestling.

[OT] Re: Wrestling

2002-11-04 Thread Amaya
Sa B Broderick said: > Do you all like wrestling ? I dont > mean overglorified national types like > WWF and WCW. I mean hard nosed good old > local wrestling. I think d-devel is the list for a nice demo of how much we do like wrestling. I mean hard nosed good old virtual wrestling.

Wrestling

2002-11-03 Thread Sa B Broderick
Do you all like wrestling ? I dont mean overglorified national types like WWF and WCW. I mean hard nosed good old local wrestling.

Wrestling

2002-11-03 Thread Sa B Broderick
Do you all like wrestling ? I dont mean overglorified national types like WWF and WCW. I mean hard nosed good old local wrestling. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]