How to reconfigure one package from another? I want to reconfigure packages from other packages.
Example: * package foo-player + supports both JackD and PulseAudio, but only one + asks which method to use via debconf * package bar-studio-desktop + depends on xfce4, jackd2 and foo-player + conflicts against bar-office-desktop + postinst script asks foo-player to use JackD * package bar-office-desktop + depends on xfce4, pulseaudio and foo-player + conflicts against bar-studio-desktop + postinst script asks foo-player to use PulseAudio. How could such postinst scripts look? I thought debconf-set-selections + dpkg-reconfigure would work, but as [Petter points out] current package setting takes precedence over preseeded values. Seems to me that I need to do like dpkg-reconfigure, but have my new preseeding value(s) take precedence over both debconf database and package state. Help figuring this out is much appreciated. - Jonas [Petter points out]: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/freedombox-discuss/2014-April/006333.html -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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