On Tue, 2022-01-04 at 12:34 +0100, Niels Thykier wrote:
> As I recall, when you manage a file via debconf, you should *not* ship
> it directly in the package. You can ship a template in a different
> location (e.g., /usr/share/myfoo/server.conf.template) and then use
> that combi
quot;/etc/myfoo/server.conf" directly inside the package in that path. If
> that is correctly understood, then I think that is the source of your
> woes.
Yes, that is what I was trying to do.
> As I recall, when you manage a file via debconf, you should *not* ship
> it directly i
Kip Warner:
> Hey list,
>
> [...]
> The problem here is this re-running of the myfoo-server.config happens
> before the myfoo-server.postinst. This is bad because the latter is
> supposed to update the values in /etc/myfoo/server.conf to whatever the
> user just entere
Hey list,
I'm having an issue with my myfoo-server maintainer scripts for my
package myfoo-server. In a nutshell, I am trying to get the user's
requested configuration to be handled elegantly.
I've read the debconf specification and debconf-devel(7). I see that my
iss
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It builds those binary packages:
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To access further information about this package, please visit the
following URL:
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Alternatively, one ca
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:47:00 +, Niels Thykier wrote:
> > 1. Would anybody so kind to have a look at this issue? It is our show
> > stopper to get back into testing.
>
> From a /very quick glance/, it looks like the package is basically using
> "debconf as a registry
Hilmar Preuße:
> Hi,
>
> we got bug #820984 on debconf a while ago. I'm not very familiar w/
> debconf, hence I had a look into the templates/config delivered w/
> debconf itself.
> I'm my eyes the code in proftpd is about a 1:1 copy of the code in
> debconf, n
On 28.11.2016 21:24, Hilmar Preuße wrote:
Hi,
> we got bug #820984 on debconf a while ago. I'm not very familiar w/
> debconf, hence I had a look into the templates/config delivered w/
> debconf itself.
> I'm my eyes the code in proftpd is about a 1:1 copy of the code in
&
Hi,
we got bug #820984 on debconf a while ago. I'm not very familiar w/
debconf, hence I had a look into the templates/config delivered w/
debconf itself.
I'm my eyes the code in proftpd is about a 1:1 copy of the code in
debconf, nevertheless it does not work as expected.
1. Wou
Hi all debian-mentors people,
I'm proposing a session at Debconf and wanted to mention that, take
feedback, and look for ways to collaborate with others. Here's the
details.
I chatted briefly with Molly de Blanc about it, and I can take feedback or
make edits if people have fe
;
> >> Hello mentors
> >>
> >> I have the following question: I want to validate user input while
> configuring the package and if user provides incorrect input - reprompt
> question until valid value is provided.
> >> Is it a good practice to do that with debconf?
&g
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> Il lun 10 ago 2015 01:15 CEST, Yurkao ha scritto:
>
>> Hello mentors
>>
>> I have the following question: I want to validate user input while
>> configuring the package and if user provides incorrect input - reprompt
>> question until valid valu
0 ago 2015 01:15 CEST, Yurkao ha scritto:
>Hello mentors
>
>I have the following question: I want to validate user input while configuring
>the package and if user provides incorrect input - reprompt question until
>valid value is provided.
>Is it a good practice to do that w
Hello mentors
I have the following question: I want to validate user input while configuring
the package and if user provides incorrect input - reprompt question until
valid value is provided.
Is it a good practice to do that with debconf?
If it is - where should I do this ?
In config script
On Jun 09, 2015, at 10:05 PM, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
>I don't think the language of the software itself matters here at all.
Except of course it should be Python 3, not Python 2. ;)
Cheers,
-Barry
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On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 07:22:42PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> >>E: tilelite: forbidden-config-interpreter #!/usr/bin/python
> >>
> >>https://lintian.debian.org/tags/forbidden-config-interpreter.html
> >>
> >>This says that the config script can only count on essential packages
> >>being installed,
section 6.5, which
says that Pre-Depends may be assumed to be available.
ITYM 7.2.
§6.2 doesn't say anything about config scripts, and neither does §7.2.
OTOH, debconf-devel(7) says:
“Note that the config script is run before the package is unpacked. It
should only use commands that a
On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 05:45:10PM +0100, Christopher Baines wrote:
> E: tilelite: forbidden-postrm-interpreter #!/usr/bin/python
>
> https://lintian.debian.org/tags/forbidden-postrm-interpreter.html
>
> The above page says that you have to use (sh, bash, or perl) for the
> postrm script. I canno
debconf, this would also provide other
functionality like automated configuration via preseeding.
1: https://packages.debian.org/sid/tilelite
As the package is written in python, and I am more familiar in writing
software in python, I have currently been writing the config, postinst
and postrm
Please reply to the list, not just to me personally.
On 04/05/15 22:41, Yurkao wrote:
> 4 мая 2015 г., в 23:43, Christopher Baines <mailto:ch...@cbaines.net>> написал(а):
>
>> On 04/05/15 20:51, Yurkao wrote:
>>> Dear mentors,
>>> As I've understood
On 04/05/15 20:51, Yurkao wrote:
> Dear mentors,
> As I've understood from debconf(7):
> - package config script runs twice during the deb installation
> As a result:
> - package config script must be idempotent and must not/should not ask
> questions twice.
>
Dear mentors,
As I've understood from debconf(7):
- package config script runs twice during the deb installation
As a result:
- package config script must be idempotent and must not/should not ask
questions twice.
As I understand,I should control not asking question twice by checki
I am getting a "10 No such template" error from Debconf when trying to
use the register command.
This appears to only happen when trying to register a question that
shares its name with a template (hence automatically instantiated),
which has been unregistered (with the unregister comm
On 28/04/15 19:37, Paul Gevers wrote:
> On 28-04-15 14:26, Christopher Baines wrote:
>> This happens when the package is installed, and I am running
>> dpkg-reconfigure. The manpage seems to suggest that this can happen for
>> three reasons:
>>
>> "Debco
On 28-04-15 14:26, Christopher Baines wrote:
> This happens when the package is installed, and I am running
> dpkg-reconfigure. The manpage seems to suggest that this can happen for
> three reasons:
>
> "Debconf decides if the question is actually displayed, based on its
>
This happens when the package is installed, and I am running
dpkg-reconfigure. The manpage seems to suggest that this can happen for
three reasons:
"Debconf decides if the question is actually displayed, based on its
priority, and whether the user has seen it before, and which frontend is
Hi Helge
On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 07:50:41PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Hello Daniel,
> on September 19th you marked this translation bug pending. Any ETA for
> an upload?
>
> Or should I arrange for an NMU?
>
I have prepared a QA upload which includes all the new debcon
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Mats Erik Andersson wrote:
> Since there is no list "debian-l10n-japanese", I could
> use some advice on how to find an authoritative statement
> of an identifiable project member.
Apparently Japanese translation stuff happens on the debian-japanese list:
http://l
; claiming to provide Japanese debconf translations,
> and also claiming said template file to have been
> reviewed by several Japanese DD's and users.
>
> However, the report is sent from a close to anonymous
> Gmail account, and I certainly want better verification
> than that befo
Dear all,
one of my packages has seen a bug opened
http://bugs.debian.org/717705
claiming to provide Japanese debconf translations,
and also claiming said template file to have been
reviewed by several Japanese DD's and users.
However, the report is sent from a close to anonymous
Hi everyone,
Just a short announcement that anyone interested in reflecting or improving
Debian's mentoring processes are invited to the BoF session that has just
been scheduled on Friday 2013-08-16, at 15:30 local time in BoF room 1.
(That's 13:30 UTC)[0].
[0] http://penta.debconf.org/dc13_sched
Hello everybody,
years after becoming DD, I am learning Debconf... amazing.
I could not find an explanation for the "Choices-C" field in debconf-devel(7)
nor the Developers Reference. Is that field clearly defined somewhere ?
Cheers,
--
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging
Il 16/01/2012 00:19, Martin Eberhard Schauer ha scritto:
Hi Stefano,
in my postinst script I need to warn the user in case the script was
unable to remove a non empty directory. How can I do this and have a
lintian clean package? I thought to use a debconf note but lintian
issues possible
Hi Stefano,
in my postinst script I need to warn the user in case the script was
unable to remove a non empty directory. How can I do this and have a
lintian clean package? I thought to use a debconf note but lintian
issues possible-debconf-note-abuse warning.
TIA
Stefano
please have a
Dear all,
in my postinst script I need to warn the user in case the script was
unable to remove a non empty directory. How can I do this and have a
lintian clean package? I thought to use a debconf note but lintian
issues possible-debconf-note-abuse warning.
TIA
Stefano
PS: I'm resending
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On 03/10/11 13:41, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Mon, 03 Oct 2011, kuLa wrote:
>> On 03/10/11 12:56, Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh wrote:
>>> Suppose i download a *.deb from internet or packages.debian.org, How i
>>> can find out it has prerm, postrm,
Hello,
On Mon, 03 Oct 2011, kuLa wrote:
> On 03/10/11 12:56, Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh wrote:
> > Suppose i download a *.deb from internet or packages.debian.org, How i
> > can find out it has prerm, postrm, postinst...preinst and so on?
> > which command? Can i find out?
>
> just unpack it and voila
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On 03/10/11 12:56, Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Suppose i download a *.deb from internet or packages.debian.org, How i
> can find out it has prerm, postrm, postinst...preinst and so on?
> which command? Can i find out?
just unpack it a
Dear all,
Suppose i download a *.deb from internet or packages.debian.org, How i
can find out it has prerm, postrm, postinst...preinst and so on?
which command? Can i find out?
--mohsen
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Hello,
Every time I try use debconf in order to ease package configuration I
finally end up /not/ using it and putting extra load onto the
administrator. I don't consider debconf broken or bad, but it
const
t; - Lintian will also tell you the following:
> I: debconf-kde-dbg: capitalization-error-in-description debian Debian
> (and similarly for all other packages)
Hi!
Wow, great! Thanks for sponsoring this package! I'm currently working with
pkg-kde on maintaining it under the pkg-kde-team um
Hi,
> Dear mentors,
>
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "debconf-kde".
>
> * Package name: debconf-kde
> Version : 0.1+git20101228-1
> Upstream Author : Daniel Nicoletti
> * URL :
> https://projects.kde.org/proje
On Sat, 7 May 2011, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
Hi everyone on debian-mentors,
I wanted to send a special invitation for new contributors to Debian:
Come to Debconf and Debcamp! Even if you're not a Debian Developer yet.
One more plug for this: We'll help pay for you.
http://www.debia
p, see you in Banja Luka!
Adnan
Sent using Android (Nexus S)
On May 7, 2011 7:35 PM, "Asheesh Laroia" wrote:
> Hi everyone on debian-mentors,
>
> I wanted to send a special invitation for new contributors to Debian: Come
> to Debconf and Debcamp! Even if you're not a D
Hi everyone on debian-mentors,
I wanted to send a special invitation for new contributors to Debian: Come
to Debconf and Debcamp! Even if you're not a Debian Developer yet.
Here are the things you need to know:
* Debconf is a week-long conference (this year, in Banja Luka, in Bosnia)
Dear mentors,
I am looking for a sponsor for my package "debconf-kde".
* Package name : debconf-kde
Version : 0.1+git20101228-1
Upstream Author : Daniel Nicoletti
* URL :
https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/sysadmin/libdebconf-kde/
* License
On 12/21/2010 02:17 PM, PICCA Frédéric-Emmanuel wrote:
> Hello
>
>> 22 # what is the name of the tango host
>> 23 db_input high tango-common/tango-host || true
>> 24 db_go || true
>
>> Hi,
>
>> WIth your script here, there are cases where there's no db_set
>> tango-common/tango-host. That
Hello
> 22 # what is the name of the tango host
> 23 db_input high tango-common/tango-host || true
> 24 db_go || true
> Hi,
> WIth your script here, there are cases where there's no db_set
> tango-common/tango-host. That shouldn't happen. You should set it
> unconditionally (eg: always)!
On 12/20/2010 03:43 PM, PICCA Frédéric-Emmanuel wrote:
>1 #!/bin/sh
>2 CONFIGFILE=/etc/tangorc
>3 set -e
>4 . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
>5
>6 # Load config file, if it exists.
>7 if [ -e $CONFIGFILE ]; then
>8 . $CONFIGFIL
Hello
thanks for your answer
> If there's only host and port in your config file, don't try
> to re-read it in your postinst. What you have done in your
> config script should be enough to read the value that was
> previously in the config file, or the one that was set
On 12/17/2010 04:27 PM, Picca Frédéric-Emmanuel wrote:
> now my problem is when I generate the configure file from this db entry in
> the postinst script.
> Here the code :
>
>1 #!/bin/sh
>2 CONFIGFILE=/etc/tangorc
>3 set -e
> 4 . /usr/share/debconf/c
Hello
I try to set up a working debconf system for a package [1], I am working on.
My problem is about the binary tango-common package.
The debconf consist on one question about a host and a port where a service is
running.
so I ask a question about this TANGO_HOST=host:port
now I want to
Dear Niko,
måndag den 22 november 2010 klockan 12:47 skrev Niko Tyni detta:
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 11:38:08PM +0100, Mats Erik Andersson wrote:
>
> > I could find good use of some advice on Debconf usage.
> > The recent automated package upgrade tests, conducted
> >
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 11:38:08PM +0100, Mats Erik Andersson wrote:
> I could find good use of some advice on Debconf usage.
> The recent automated package upgrade tests, conducted
> by Lucas Nussbaum, hava revealed that my package Webfs
> fails to upgrade properly from stable (
nicating through a program, such as debconf, which conforms to the
Debian Configuration Management Specification, version 2 or higher. "
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s-maintscriptprompt
cheers,
Holger
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nough information to understand the nature of
the problem.
We have debconf to handle user-interaction and the script should not have
to care if someone typed the answer or if it's the default answer recorded
in the debconf template.
Why is the postinst failing in non-interactive mode? Are you usin
On Sat, 2010-11-20 at 17:30 +, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 08:36:35PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote:
> > One example would be configuring a daemon, and asking which of the
> > configured IP addresses of the machine it should listen on. Obviously
> > the packager has no ide
In <20101120223808.ga15...@mea.homelinux.org>, Mats Erik Andersson wrote:
>Question: Is there some mechanism I can use in the postinst
> script that lets me determine whether the upgrade
> is being conducted in non-interactive mode?
First, you should *assume* non-interactive mode
Dear all,
I could find good use of some advice on Debconf usage.
The recent automated package upgrade tests, conducted
by Lucas Nussbaum, hava revealed that my package Webfs
fails to upgrade properly from stable (1.21-5.1) to
testing (1.21+ds1-6). I have filed an RC bug against
myself on this
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 08:36:35PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote:
> One example would be configuring a daemon, and asking which of the
> configured IP addresses of the machine it should listen on. Obviously
> the packager has no idea what IP addresses are going to be on the target
> machine, so can't
Hi all,
Is it possible for debconf, in the config file, to ask questions to
which the answer is one of several that make sense on the local system,
but couldn't be put in the templates file?
One example would be configuring a daemon, and asking which of the
configured IP addresses of the ma
version
> > > fixes a couple of bugs, updates the debconf translations, and
> > > converts the package to the 3.0 (quilt) source format.
>
> [snip]
>
> I've uploaded a new package with the same version number,
> 0.0.2009.07.17-3; the mentors.d.n URL is the sam
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 04:56:45PM +0200, George Danchev wrote:
> > Dear mentors,
> >
> > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.0.2009.07.17-3
> > of my package "dma", the DragonFly Mail Agent. This version
> > fixes a couple of bugs, updates th
> Dear mentors,
>
> I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.0.2009.07.17-3
> of my package "dma", the DragonFly Mail Agent. This version
> fixes a couple of bugs, updates the debconf translations, and
> converts the package to the 3.0 (quilt) source for
2009/12/10 Marek Simon :
> I am developing a package for my private use (against the policy)?
Debian Policy only applies to packages available from or to be
uploaded to the Debian archive. Do whatever you want with private
packages.
--
bye,
pabs
http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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> Dear mentors,
Hello Peter,
> I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.0.2009.07.17-3
> of my package "dma", the DragonFly Mail Agent. This version
> fixes a couple of bugs, updates the debconf translations, and
> converts the package to the 3.0 (quilt) source
Dear mentors,
I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.0.2009.07.17-3
of my package "dma", the DragonFly Mail Agent. This version
fixes a couple of bugs, updates the debconf translations, and
converts the package to the 3.0 (quilt) source format.
It builds a single binary pac
Hi,
I am developing a package for my private use. It uses debconf. I have
config script, which scans the system and gives questions and then
stores information into debconf database, and postinst script to set up
something using that valuses. There is some Pre-Depend package, which is
needed
Hello Jeroen,
please delete this entry on your server, because it has caused a lot of
trouble by heavy spam traffic in my t-online mail account.
Many thanks!
Sincereley, with kind regards
Christian A. David
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On söndagen den 18 januari 2009, Neil Williams wrote:
> Every time the debconf templates change, I expect the RFS to include a
> link to the call for translations sent to the debian-i18n mailing list
> (use podebconf-report-po for that support) and include a statement that
> the uplo
ss post-installation script returned error exit status 128
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> mlstdbnet
`set -ex' in your scripts (you can do the same in the debconf scripts).
I further found an echo to stdout in your postinst. debconf cannot
handle this very well [1] and it may
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 04:05:38PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:
> I'm probably blind for the problem but this exit status 128 without
> any debug information is quite less. What are the best strategies
> to track down the problematic line of code which causes the problem.
I've not looked at the p
Hi,
I try to build a package from mlstdbnet for Debian Med. The
packaging stuff is available here:
Vcs-Browser:
http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/mlstdbnet/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/debian-med/trunk/packages/mlstdbnet/trunk/
and you can obtain t
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 01:17:06PM +, Neil Williams wrote:
> On what basis are you misreading my email as Debian-wide? The original
> email clearly stated that I was changing my sponsoring requirements. Is
This wasn't quite so clear as it might have been - the subject line is
much broader and
s me, my own and I - nobody else. If other sponsors
want to incorporate some of my requirements that's fine but I think it
is best to publicise what I need so that I don't waste time explaining
again and again why I am ignoring a particular RFS.
I believe debconf translations should be don
sn't help the user. When the package is upgraded from the
> previous version or installed fresh, the user only gets the question in
> English. When the translation arrives, the debconf question has already
> been answered and the user gets no benefit. None.
Like I said, it's a q
On Sun, January 18, 2009 20:04, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 05:24:05PM +, Neil Williams wrote:
>>>> using debconf that requires sponsorship, that debconf translations
>>>> are requested and updated by the maintainer on an ongoing basis.
>
&
, that's fair. I'll update my page with that bit too. Thanks.
The call for translations would then need to be done during the review
process, once the package has found a sponsor.
One point from an i18n perspective - it is strongly recommended that
all debconf templates are sent for revie
Hi Neil,
One concern I have with your proposal/personal requirement is that:
a) it depends on the time and availability of translators, and
b) [ITP-only] it means that if a package is not in shape, doesn't fit in Debian,
or there's any reason not to include it in the archive it would mean wasted
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:00:19 +0200
George Danchev wrote:
> Everything you wrote makes a lot of sense and I think we should submit these
> suggestons to Developers News at some point.
>
> One question remains though: how many translations we want in order to
> qualify
&g
estion in
English. When the translation arrives, the debconf question has already
been answered and the user gets no benefit. None.
It gets even worse if the lag exceeds 10 days because then even users
of testing get the insult of untranslated debconf questions. If the lag
is less than 10 days, you mig
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 05:24:05PM +, Neil Williams wrote:
> Olivier Berger wrote:
> > > using debconf that requires sponsorship, that debconf translations are
> > > requested and updated by the maintainer on an ongoing basis.
> > You mean "that requires [my
On Sunday 18 January 2009 19:24:05 Neil Williams wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:37:20 +0100
>
> Olivier Berger wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > Le dimanche 18 janvier 2009 à 12:24 +, Neil Williams a écrit :
> > > ... I'm now going to require, for any
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:37:20 +0100
Olivier Berger wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Le dimanche 18 janvier 2009 à 12:24 +, Neil Williams a écrit :
> > ... I'm now going to require, for any package
> > using debconf that requires sponsorship, that debconf translations are
> &
Hi.
Le dimanche 18 janvier 2009 à 12:24 +, Neil Williams a écrit :
> ... I'm now going to require, for any package
> using debconf that requires sponsorship, that debconf translations are
> requested and updated by the maintainer on an ongoing basis.
You mean "that requir
On Sunday 18 January 2009, Neil Williams wrote
about 'Added requirement for translation of debconf templates':
>Every time the debconf templates change, I expect the RFS to include a
>link to the call for translations sent to the debian-i18n mailing list
>(use podebconf
Not that much of a surprise or much of a burden really (using debconf
correctly is a non-trivial task anyway) but, in line with my general
work on translation support, TDebs and Emdebian locale repository
infrastructure, I'm now going to require, for any package
using debconf that req
On 10/11/2008, Adeodato Simó wrote:
> Hm, I thought you're not supposed to use debconf to display notes, and that
> NEWS.Debian is preferred.
Yeah, otherwise Christian is coming after you; and you don't want that.
Mraw,
KiBi.
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Adeodato Simó wrote:
* Andreas Tscharner [Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:31:42 +0100]:
If I execute the .config file, the expected screen (it's a note) is shown
Hm, I thought you're not supposed to use debconf to display notes, and
that NEWS.Debian is preferred.
Thank you for your informa
* Andreas Tscharner [Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:31:42 +0100]:
> If I execute the .config file, the expected screen (it's a note) is shown
Hm, I thought you're not supposed to use debconf to display notes, and
that NEWS.Debian is preferred.
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Dear Mentors,
I have two questions concerning debconf:
1) I have created a .config and a .templates
file according to the debconf user's guide by Joey Hess. If I execute
the .config file, the expected screen (it's a note) is shown, everything
is OK. I have also inserted dh_install
the context (at least as of yet;-), thus you can safely
> > override
> > his decision.
I did so. (For the moment.)
> Or you could file a wishlist bug with a patch something like:
> --- a/checks/debconf
> +++ b/checks/debconf
> @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ foreach my $template (@templ
scape the questions mark?
> > Do I have to override the warning?
>
> Well, lintian did his job right to warn you about a possible problem, but it
> can't sense the context (at least as of yet;-), thus you can safely override
> his decision.
Or you could file a
markus schnalke wrote:
> Hello mentors,
>
> lintian reports this warning:
> using-question-in-extended-description-in-templates
> (see [1])
>
> But there is no question where lintian sees one. Instead it's a
> literally question mark. The text is:
> "You can use wildcard expressions like '*' or
On Sunday 28 September 2008 22:08:28 markus schnalke wrote:
> Hello mentors,
Hi,
> lintian reports this warning:
> using-question-in-extended-description-in-templates
> (see [1])
>
> But there is no question where lintian sees one. Instead it's a
> literally question mark. The text is:
> "You
Hello mentors,
lintian reports this warning:
using-question-in-extended-description-in-templates
(see [1])
But there is no question where lintian sees one. Instead it's a
literally question mark. The text is:
"You can use wildcard expressions like '*' or '?'."
How can I solve the situation?
s is not the default - have you talked
> to the pure-ftpd maintainer(s) ? Can your package be patched to use the
> default mode?
I'll try.
>
>> Am I allowed to use
>> debconf-set-selections somewhere in my package script to set it
>> correctly?
>
> No - one
ftpd maintainer(s) ? Can your package be patched to use the
default mode?
> Am I allowed to use
> debconf-set-selections somewhere in my package script to set it
> correctly?
No - one package is not allowed to modify the configuration of a
different package.
You need to raise a debcon
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