Re: libglide2: debconf didn't ask question even for failed answer

2001-01-05 Thread Joey Hess
Stephen Zander wrote: > Hmm, why then does the following snippet > > only prompt the user every *second* time it's executed? I have no idea. Provide me with a DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer log of this happening and I'll tell you. -- see shy jo

Re: libglide2: debconf didn't ask question even for failed answer

2001-01-05 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> Note that I specifically said it should reset the flag *just Joey> before* bombing out. Hmm, why then does the following snippet if [ -f /etc/tripwire/tw.config -o -f /etc/tw.config ] then db_input critical tripwire/upg

Re: libglide2: debconf didn't ask question even for failed answer

2001-01-03 Thread Joey Hess
Brian May wrote: > > "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Joey> Yes, you're right. What's happening is that debconf will not > Joey> re-ask a question unless you specifically tell it to do > Joey> so. This is generally a good thing, in this case it is > Joey> obv

Re: libglide2: debconf didn't ask question even for failed answer

2001-01-03 Thread Brian May
> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> Yes, you're right. What's happening is that debconf will not Joey> re-ask a question unless you specifically tell it to do Joey> so. This is generally a good thing, in this case it is Joey> obviously not right. libglide2 c

Re: libglide2: debconf didn't ask question even for failed answer

2001-01-03 Thread Joey Hess
zhaoway wrote: > when installing libglide2 which uses debconf, i gave a > answer which causes the package failed to be installed, > then after the batch installation, i re-run apt-get to > install it, but it didn't ask the question again. > > i consider this is fault ui design. i.e., if the questi

libglide2: debconf didn't ask question even for failed answer

2001-01-03 Thread zhaoway
hi, [no time to dig deeper, right now, bear with me] when installing libglide2 which uses debconf, i gave a answer which causes the package failed to be installed, then after the batch installation, i re-run apt-get to install it, but it didn't ask the question again. i consider this is fault ui