Re: quitting from install scripts

2001-02-23 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 11:01:15PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > > > > > I asked a variation on the same question on -devel a few weeks ago, and > > > got > > > zero responses. Aborting in the preinst is the only way to do anything > > > even close, but it makes a bit of a mess. > > If you wa

Re: quitting from install scripts

2001-02-23 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 11:01:15PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > > > > > I asked a variation on the same question on -devel a few weeks ago, and got > > > zero responses. Aborting in the preinst is the only way to do anything > > > even close, but it makes a bit of a mess. > > If you want to

Re: quitting from install scripts

2001-02-22 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 01:19:21AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 02:07:36PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:29:18PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > > Sorry to nag. Has anyone got an answer to this question? > > > > I asked a variation on the

Re: quitting from install scripts

2001-02-22 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 01:19:21AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 02:07:36PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:29:18PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > > Sorry to nag. Has anyone got an answer to this question? > > > > I asked a variation on th

Re: quitting from install scripts

2001-02-22 Thread calvin
Hi, On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 02:07:36PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:29:18PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > Sorry to nag. Has anyone got an answer to this question? > > I asked a variation on the same question on -devel a few weeks ago, and got > zero responses. Abor

Re: quitting from install scripts

2001-02-22 Thread calvin
Hi, On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 02:07:36PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:29:18PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > Sorry to nag. Has anyone got an answer to this question? > > I asked a variation on the same question on -devel a few weeks ago, and got > zero responses. Abo

Re: quitting from install scripts

2001-02-22 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:29:18PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > Sorry to nag. Has anyone got an answer to this question? I asked a variation on the same question on -devel a few weeks ago, and got zero responses. Aborting in the preinst is the only way to do anything even close, but it makes a

Re: quitting from install scripts

2001-02-22 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:29:18PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > Sorry to nag. Has anyone got an answer to this question? I asked a variation on the same question on -devel a few weeks ago, and got zero responses. Aborting in the preinst is the only way to do anything even close, but it makes a

Re: quitting from install scripts

2001-02-20 Thread Drew Parsons
Sorry to nag. Has anyone got an answer to this question? On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 01:12:27AM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > I'm planning to have mirrormagic use debconf to ask the user if they want to > delete the highscore files from the older version (which are incompatible > from the new). > >

Re: quitting from install scripts

2001-02-20 Thread Drew Parsons
Sorry to nag. Has anyone got an answer to this question? On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 01:12:27AM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > I'm planning to have mirrormagic use debconf to ask the user if they want to > delete the highscore files from the older version (which are incompatible > from the new). > >

quitting from install scripts

2001-02-16 Thread Drew Parsons
I'm planning to have mirrormagic use debconf to ask the user if they want to delete the highscore files from the older version (which are incompatible from the new). Having a choice of Yes/No is clear, but it seemed to me it might be appropriate to provide a third alternative, "Quit", which aborts

quitting from install scripts

2001-02-16 Thread Drew Parsons
I'm planning to have mirrormagic use debconf to ask the user if they want to delete the highscore files from the older version (which are incompatible from the new). Having a choice of Yes/No is clear, but it seemed to me it might be appropriate to provide a third alternative, "Quit", which abort