Hi, I am wondering whether it is possible to use ucf from a script that is provided by a package to simplify local changes to a configuration file.
The case I'm thinking of is texconfig, a script in texlive-binaries that (among other things) allows to set the default paper size for a couple of applications. The files that are changed to accomplish that are currently conffiles. I want to use a hook in /etc/libpaper.d/ to set the correct default paper, but that would mean to change conffiles in maintainer scripts (maybe not by the letter of the rule, since a hook is not a maintainer script, but by its meaning, and by dpkg's annyoing questions). The obvious way out is to use ucf to handle the changes - but of course the texconfig script can also be invoked manually by the admin. Is it okay to use ucf in this case? The script would always take the existing version, apply its changes to the papersize setting, and "commit" it with ucf - hence no three-way-merge situation is possible here. When other settings in that files, besides papersize, change in an upload, that would be handled the usual ucf way by texlive-binaries' postinst script. Would that work? TIA, Frank P.S. In that case, can I pass "--debconf-ok" to ucf even for the case where it is invoked manually by the admin with no debconf already running; I mean, will debconf still *check* whether there's a debconf instance running? -- Dr. Frank Küster Debian Developer (TeXLive) VCD Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg, ADFC Miltenberg B90/Grüne KV Miltenberg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
