Ive been working on writting a debconf in c, im calling it debconf-native at the moment. If we can make the user interface for debconf a bit more flexible, it would be ideal to base the entire woody isntaller around. Debconf would be great for users becasue it would be same tool they could use post-install to reconfigure. A native debconf can be small, the installer can just be busybox debconfig and a few scripts. Microwindows could be an attractive default debconf frontend, we would still need slang for terminals and text for worst case senario. Debconf-native is set up as a multi-call binary (like busybox) to provide the various debconf commands (db_init, db_title, db_input etc), i havent got the functionality yet, just getting things in place. Ive been having heaps of fun with dynamic modules, ive got it so that it searches for libraries that match a certain pattern (<module type>_<module name>.so.<version>) to initially identify them as debconf-native modules, then checks the modules internally to identify via version checks. Got a bit of a file parser happening, it gets default values for prefered user interface module and prefered database module, i dont think much else needs to be put into the config file. No modules actually provide functionality yet (except version check), very much a work in progress, but if anyone whats to see what i have i can email it. Glenn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
