On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 06:32:46PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > Package: debconf > Version: 1.5.11 > Severity: normal > > If for some reason the postinst script run by "dpkg-reconfigure $pkg" > fails, this means that the configuration is screwed, and probably the > package is not fully usable. I think it would be a good idea if > dpkg-reconfigure would set $pkg to failed-config in this case.
(You mean 'half-configured'?) > I'm not sure whether dpkg provides a possibility for this, therefore the > dpkg team gets a Cc of this report. I'm pretty sure that there is indeed no way to do this short of editing /var/lib/dpkg/status directly, which obviously wouldn't be a good idea. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]