Wouter Verhelst writes:
> Op woensdag 7 mei 2014 12:19:31 schreef Philip Hands:
...
>> we could perhaps give public variables a
>> version number, or only allow questions with such a version number as
>> part of their name be manipulated from elsewhere.
>
> I don't think debconf needs to care abo
]] Wouter Verhelst
> You *could* have a script do db_set to change the defaults
> and then run the postinst script (through dpkg-reconfigure), but that
> would run against the spirit of 10.7.4 IMO.
That won't help, since dpkg-reconfigure will run the config script that
should grab data from t
Op woensdag 7 mei 2014 12:19:31 schreef Philip Hands:
> Wouter Verhelst writes:
>
>
> > One way this could work is by adding a SETOTHER message (name could
> > probably be better), which asks debconf to change a value for a given
> > debconf question in another package ONLY if the answer to
Wouter Verhelst writes:
...
> One way this could work is by adding a SETOTHER message (name could
> probably be better), which asks debconf to change a value for a given
> debconf question in another package ONLY if the answer to this question
> was never explicitly set to a particular value by
Op woensdag 7 mei 2014 12:59:57 schreef Jonas Smedegaard:
> Hi Wouter,
>
> Quoting Wouter Verhelst (2014-05-07 11:34:23)
>
> > What you seem to want is a unified and standardized way for one
> > package to provide an API for changing things about how the package
> > will function, to other packag
Hi Wouter,
Quoting Wouter Verhelst (2014-05-07 11:34:23)
> What you seem to want is a unified and standardized way for one
> package to provide an API for changing things about how the package
> will function, to other packages.
Correct.
> While a worthwhile effort, I don't think this is what
Hi Jonas,
[re-sending, since my first attempt did not make the list]
Op vrijdag 18 april 2014 12:43:40 schreef Jonas Smedegaard:
> Thanks, but (again) I am sorry if it was not clear: The *question* is
> about *debconf* irregardless of the *example* involving other details.
>
> Here's another exa
Quoting Thorsten Glaser (2014-04-28 19:22:11)
> Jonas Smedegaard jones.dk> writes:
>
>> Please elaborate what you mean can "trigger later".
>>
>> Simple example: Choosing via debconf to have adduser create homes
>> below "/srv/home" instead of the default "/home".
>
> Ah, sure.
>
> Admin installs
Jonas Smedegaard jones.dk> writes:
> Please elaborate what you mean can "trigger later".
>
> Simple example: Choosing via debconf to have adduser create homes below
> "/srv/home" instead of the default "/home".
Ah, sure.
Admin installs adduser. adduser defaults to /home.
Admin now installs yo
Hi Charles,
Quoting Charles Plessy (2014-04-20 15:14:17)
> Le Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 03:56:41PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
>>
>> I find it worrisome if only mutually coordinated packages can
>> configure each other: I fear that that scales badly.
> [...] I do not see how [reconfiguring one
Le Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 03:56:41PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
>
> I find it worrisome if only mutually coordinated packages can configure
> each other: I fear that that scales badly.
Hi Jonas,
first, thanks for working on the concept of using Debian packages to
extensively reconfigure a
Quoting Thorsten Glaser (2014-04-20 14:04:22)
> Jonas Smedegaard jones.dk> writes:
>
How to reconfigure debconf from postinst of another package?
>
> I also thought that was absolutely forbidden.
>
>>> Note that, if, as an admin, I explicitly choose an option in debconf
>>> and then, latte
Jonas Smedegaard jones.dk> writes:
> >> How to reconfigure debconf from postinst of another package?
I also thought that was absolutely forbidden.
> > Note that, if, as an admin, I explicitly choose an option in debconf
> > and then, latter, another package overwrite my choice (or even
>
]] Jonas Smedegaard
> How to reconfigure one package from another?
I don't think this is supported today at all, and any success at doing
so would be a bug.
If you have a package that uses debconf as the UI to ask questions that
go into a configuration file, that's fine. If you then later chan
Quoting Paul Wise (2014-04-18 17:44:13)
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>
>> Thanks, but (again) I am sorry if it was not clear: The *question* is
>> about *debconf* irregardless of the *example* involving other
>> details.
>
> Examples are generally less useful than kn
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Thanks, but (again) I am sorry if it was not clear: The *question* is
> about *debconf* irregardless of the *example* involving other details.
Examples are generally less useful than knowing the exact
circumstances that make you want a pa
Hi Vincent,
Quoting Vincent Danjean (2014-04-18 14:41:18)
> On 18/04/2014 12:43, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>> How to reconfigure debconf from postinst of another package?
>
> My opinion is that this is not allowed (but I did not checked
> explicitly in Policy, so I may be wrong).
> Calling reco
On 18/04/2014 12:43, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> I thought subject of my mail made my question clear:
>
> How to reconfigure debconf from postinst of another package?
My opinion is that this is not allowed (but I did not checked explicitly
in Policy, so I may be wrong).
Calling re
Hi Paul,
I thought subject of my mail made my question clear:
How to reconfigure debconf from postinst of another package?
Quoting Paul Wise (2014-04-18 04:02:47)
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>> * package foo-player
>> + supports both JackD and PulseAudio, b
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> * package foo-player
> + supports both JackD and PulseAudio, but only one
> + asks which method to use via debconf
> * package bar-studio-desktop
> + depends on xfce4, jackd2 and foo-player
> + conflicts against bar-off
Quoting Charles Plessy (2014-04-17 14:17:41)
> Le Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 01:50:40PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
>> How to reconfigure one package from another?
> If the maintainer scripts of the three packages can cooperate, have
> you considered using Dpkg triggers ?
Sorry if that was unclea
Le Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 01:50:40PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
> How to reconfigure one package from another?
>
> I want to reconfigure packages from other packages.
>
> Example:
>
> * package foo-player
> + supports both JackD and PulseAudio, but only one
> + asks which method t
How to reconfigure one package from another?
I want to reconfigure packages from other packages.
Example:
* package foo-player
+ supports both JackD and PulseAudio, but only one
+ asks which method to use via debconf
* package bar-studio-desktop
+ depends on xfce4, jackd2 and foo
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