Re: Proposal: Automatic query servicing for dpkg installation scripts

1998-05-21 Thread Andreas Degert
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andreas Degert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are a lot of packages with config files that can't be generated > > using some simple questions (on my systems packages like autofs, > > samba, lprng, X11, apt, d

Re: Proposal: Automatic query servicing for dpkg installation scripts

1998-05-21 Thread Andreas Degert
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andreas Degert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I just install one package, it's ok that a lot of output is > > produced, and maybe some questions are asked. But when I upgrade > > a batch of packages or ins

Re: Proposal: Automatic query servicing for dpkg installation scripts

1998-05-20 Thread Andreas Degert
Hi, wouldn't it be better to not ask any question at all as part of the core installation process? Sorry, this mail is long, I hope this hasn't been covered extensively before (please supply pointers). If I just install one package, it's ok that a lot of output is produced, and maybe some questio