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, but only one >> + asks which method to use via debconf >> * package bar-studio-desktop >> + depends on xfce4, jackd2 and foo-player >> + conflicts against bar-office-desktop >> + postinst script asks foo-player to use JackD >> * package bar-office-desktop >> + depends on xfce4, pulseaudio and foo-player >> + conflicts against bar-studio-desktop >> + postinst script asks foo-player to use PulseAudio. > > In this particular case I think foo-player should detect at when it is > started what audio system to use and offer a choice if both are > running, anything else isn't a good idea IMO. 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 example raising same question without involving audio: * package adduser + asks if home directories should be system-readable * package foo-hippie-desktop + depends on adduser + conflicts against foo-paranoid-desktop + postinst script asks adduser to make homedirs system-readable * package foo-paranoid-desktop + depends on adduser + conflicts against foo-hippie-desktop + postinst script asks adduser to not make homedirs system-readable NB! above is again just an *example* meant to illustrate need for programmatically changing debconf from another package. I have no interest in "solutions" that bypass debconf (unless you seriously mean to say that debconf is unusable for automated reconfiguration). Here is my question again: How to reconfigure debconf from postinst of another package? - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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