On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 10:12:24AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 01:51:47PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > Technically the following solution should be possible (pseudocode): > > Not to mention that even if debconf is installed, nothing says that the > system (especially during a libc6 upgrade) is in any state to start > debconf up.
At least in the case when apt-utils is installed on the system the debconf questions are asked at a time when tho libc upgrade hasn't even started. Besides my impression with many libc upgrades on Debian machines is that there's at any time a usable libc installed, or are you thinking of a specific problem I don't know of? cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed