On 20/07/10 22:16, Tony Yarusso wrote: > So I'm taking my first stab at implementing debconf in a package, and > having some hangups. Currently I have it such that running > dpkg-reconfigure on my package will work just fine, but the questions > are not asked during initial installation. There are two questions - > one with a "low" priority and the other with "high"; neither are asked > when installing. Anyone care to enlighten me as to what I'm doing > wrong? > > The package can be found in my PPA (tonyyarusso/ppa), > https://edge.launchpad.net/~tonyyarusso/+archive/ppa/+sourcepub/1241047/+listing-archive-extra
Perhaps your local debconf is configured to only ask you critical
questions. I took your source package, and was correctly asked the high
question but not the low question on initial installation (as my debconf
priority is set to high).
> I'd also be open to any other criticisms / improvements you have to
> offer - I know it still has a long way to go to meet your normal
> standards. For the time being I'm not expecting to get it up to snuff
> for inclusion in the archives, rather just working, although that may be
> a longer-term goal.
Random other things I noticed whilst looking at your source package:
* Do not call db_go after every db_input - instead, call db_go only
after a batch of several db_input. This allows debconf frontends capable
of presenting multiple questions on-screen simultaneously to do so.
* Do not use "Depends: debconf", dh_installdebconf will add the correct
form of debconf dependency via ${misc:Depends}.
* Do not use service to invoke initscripts from package maintainer
scripts. Instead follow Debian policy:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s9.3.3.2
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