>>>>> "RA" == Russ Allbery <[email protected]> writes:
RA> You're focusing on the idea that the debconf prompt controls what
RA> shell...
OK, all this needs to be added to e.g., man 7 debconf below, else many
of us will just think it is so simple:
Reconfiguring packages
Suppose you installed the package, and answered debconf's questions, but
now
that you've used it awhile, you realize you want to go back and change
some
of your answers. In the past, reinstalling a package was often the thing
to
do when you got in this situation, but when you reinstall the package,
deb‐
conf seems to remember you have answered the questions, and doesn't ask
them
again (this is a feature).
Luckily, debconf makes it easy to reconfigure any package that uses
it.
Suppose you want to reconfigure debconf itself. Just run, as root:
dpkg-reconfigure debconf
This will ask all the questions you saw when debconf was first
installed.
It may ask you other questions as well, since it asks even low
priority
questions that may have been skipped when the package was installed.
You
can use it on any other package that uses debconf, as well.
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
