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and subject line Re: Bug#526831: [Debconf-devel] Bug#526831: dpkg-preconfigure:
work without apt-extracttemplates
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Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.26
Severity: wishlist
Dpkg-preconfigure refuses to work at all, when 'apt-extracttemplates' is
available, i.e. apt-utils package is not installed.
The obvious command is to use 'dpkg-deb -I <deb> config && dpkg-deb -I
<deb> templates' command to obtain needed files for the package.
Please let me know if no one interested in working on this issue, then
I will try to write a patch.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages debconf depends on:
ii debconf-i18n 1.5.26 full internationalization support
ii perl-base 5.10.0-19 minimal Perl system
Versions of packages debconf recommends:
ii apt-utils 0.7.21 APT utility programs
Versions of packages debconf suggests:
pn debconf-doc <none> (no description available)
pn debconf-utils <none> (no description available)
ii dialog 1.1-20080819-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
pn libgnome2-perl <none> (no description available)
pn libnet-ldap-perl <none> (no description available)
pn libqt-perl <none> (no description available)
pn libterm-readline-gnu-perl <none> (no description available)
ii perl 5.10.0-19 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
-- debconf information:
debconf-apt-progress/preparing:
debconf-apt-progress/title:
debconf-apt-progress/info:
debconf-apt-progress/media-change:
debconf/frontend: Dialog
debconf/priority: high
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--- Begin Message ---
On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 12:00:36AM +0300, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote:
Joey Hess wrote:
Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote:
The obvious command is to use 'dpkg-deb -I <deb> config && dpkg-deb -I
<deb> templates' command to obtain needed files for the package.
This would be much slower than apt-extracttemplates, signifianctly so
during a large upgrade.
However, it's better than 'print "delaying configuration" && exit 0', IMHO.
With the changes in https://bugs.debian.org/1087523, I think this is no
longer an issue; apt-extracttemplates is now always available and so the
problem where we have degraded functionality without apt-utils no longer
exists in practice.
Thanks,
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Colin Watson (he/him) [[email protected]]
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