On Fri, 18 May 2007 19:43:31 -0400, Felipe Sateler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Don Armstrong wrote: >> For example, in the case you're talking about, you'd have to explain >> that ucf would like to be able to use debconf-loadtemplate from >> debconf-utils utils when it's running as root just in case its >> templates have become corrupted. Now, you and I may know what >> debconf-loadtemplate does, what a template is, and why ucf would be >> worried about corruption of its template database, but I can't >> imagine making this intelligible to even an intermediate Debian user >> in less than 5 lines. Hell, I took 3 lines here to say something >> about it that I only understand because I read /usr/bin/ucf. > But then you could just say: "Useful in case template databases get > corrupted". There is no need to go and explain details. Just a general > idea is useful enough. If I were to read that, then I'd say: "Well, I > guess database corruption means something bad, and I want to recover > from that whenever possible. Lets install debconf-utils." I don't need > to know which specific script is being used, what templates are, why > there is a database of them, and how that database may get > corrupted. I just know that debconf-utils would be useful in case of > malfunction. Since malfunction costs more than bandwidth and disk > space, I'll install it. Without going into arcane details, you have been told that, in the maintainers opinion, you should be installing debconf-utils when you install ucf, unless yours is an unusual installation, and you know what you are doing. manoj -- Take me drunk, I'm home again! Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]