Package: debconf Version: 1.5.24 Severity: wishlist It would be useful if we could take debconf-get-selections output, parse it, and plug that into a debconf db file besides the system default.
For example, when administering many systems it is expedient to preload debconf, and it is very useful to use the File, DirTree, or PackageDir drivers in combination with the Stack meta-driver. Preseeding would be made even easier if the workflow could look something like this: debconf-get-selections | grep -E '^mypackage' | debconf-set-selections -f mycustomdb.dat So it would be nice to see a command line option for debconf-set-selections to customize destination output. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 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 1.5.24 full internationalization support ii perl-base 5.10.0-19lenny2 minimal Perl system Versions of packages debconf recommends: ii apt-utils 0.7.20.2+lenny1 APT utility programs Versions of packages debconf suggests: ii debconf-doc 1.5.24 debconf documentation ii debconf-utils 1.5.24 debconf utilities ii dialog 1.1-20080316-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe ii gnome-utils 2.20.0.1-3 GNOME desktop utilities ii libgnome2-perl 1.042-1+b1 Perl interface to the GNOME librar pn libnet-ldap-perl <none> (no description available) pn libqt-perl <none> (no description available) pn libterm-readline-gnu- <none> (no description available) ii perl 5.10.0-19lenny2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii whiptail 0.52.2-11.3+lenny1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
