On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:39:03 -0500, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> FWIW, the workaround in ucf, even if corrected, will not work.
Perhaps not for tetex. But if some package does not directly
use debconf, and thus does not source the confmodule. In this case,
the work around does something useful.
> Debconf _always_ loads template files when the confmodule is
> sourced. If the db is "lost or corrupted", loading the templates
> will not help, because the db is not in a usable state.
What if /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat is deleted? the
frontend seems to load templates on startup, and ucf can attempt
something similar for the templates belonging to the calling package,
if no frontend is running
> Loading the same templates one step before will make not an iota of
> difference.
Not for a corrupt db, no. But for a DB that had been dleted
and is slowly being rebuilt, it may help.
If not, how would you suggest one goes around handling issues
like the one reported in Bug#299077 ?
manoj
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