Re: Automating dpkg-reconfigure answers via a shell script

2001-09-13 Thread VALETTE Eric
T The best solution would be that all postinst scripts use debconf. The We do not need this dirty trick. So you mean that real life is not as simple as wichert seems to think... -- __ / ` Eric Valette - Canon CRF /-- __ o _. Product Dev. Group Soft

Re: Automating dpkg-reconfigure answers via a shell script

2001-09-13 Thread Thomas Lange
> On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 16:26:32 +0200, "VALETTE Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > Wichert Akkerman wrote: >>> It should be possible to do >>> >>> dpkg -i pkg.deb <>> >> No it should not, that is completely the wrong way to do >> it. That is just a hack to work

Re: Automating dpkg-reconfigure answers via a shell script

2001-09-13 Thread VALETTE Eric
No because I install fixed package version. What does `fixed package version' mean? Means that I have a package repository (in addition of a generic debian mirror via rsync) where I regenerate the Packages and Relase file. The reason behind that is that I normally install testing with a collect

Re: Automating dpkg-reconfigure answers via a shell script

2001-09-13 Thread VALETTE Eric
Wichert Akkerman wrote: It should be possible to do dpkg -i pkg.deb < No it should not, that is completely the wrong way to do it. That is just a hack to work around debconf not working properly for you or packages not using it yet. I disagree. Debconf will never be able to answer anything that I w