Sorry to nag. Has anyone got an answer to this question?
On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 01:12:27AM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > I'm planning to have mirrormagic use debconf to ask the user if they want to > delete the highscore files from the older version (which are incompatible > from the new). > > Having a choice of Yes/No is clear, but it seemed to me it might be > appropriate to provide a third alternative, "Quit", which aborts the upgrade > of mirrormagic. > > What is the usual approach to handling the aborting of a package > installation? Is it appropriate to "exit 1" in preinst if the user chooses > "Quit", halting the installation of the package? > > Or is this simply a Bad Idea, and the user should be expected to use Ctrl-C > if he really wants to quit the installation? > > Drew -- PGP public key available at http://dparsons.webjump.com/drewskey.txt Fingerprint: A110 EAE1 D7D2 8076 5FE0 EC0A B6CE 7041 6412 4E4A