Exploring this issue further, it's looking like a possible race condition.
If one downloads the movim debian package, and installs it with "dpkg -i", the user is prompted for their debconf selections, and then the file (/etc/default/movim) is pushed out incorporating user choices -- the ideal situation. However, if one installs movim using "apt-get install", the configuration file gets pushed out, then the user is prompted for their selections, which then get lost (as default values are read in from the configuration file pushed out). One can observe this behaviour if they keep a copy of /etc/default/movim (possibly seeded with an alternate value) and put it in place before installing movim. One potential fix might be to alter "debian/movim.config" to check debconf if the user has set a debconf value for movim/public_url , rather than just reading a value from the configuration file (which may be the default one pushed out by the package). There may be a better way to work around this potential race condition that I'm not familiar with. regards, donfede On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 06:54:04PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > Thank you for filing a new Bug report with Debian. > > You can follow progress on this Bug here: 931647: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=931647. > > This is an automatically generated reply to let you know your message > has been received. > > Your message is being forwarded to the package maintainers and other > interested parties for their attention; they will reply in due course. > > Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s): > Debian XMPP Maintainers <pkg-xmpp-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> > > If you wish to submit further information on this problem, please > send it to 931...@bugs.debian.org. > > Please do not send mail to ow...@bugs.debian.org unless you wish > to report a problem with the Bug-tracking system. > > -- > 931647: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=931647 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems -- I choose information and knowledge over profit.
