Hi,
I'm trying to use debconf to get inputs from the user in the package
update-cluster.
My problem is that, there will be a variable number of nodes for which
information is required. This will be only known at runtime. It will
be impossible to enter the nodes information separated by ':" or some
such thing.
How do I write a templates file for such a case, because the templates
file needs to know all the information beforehand ?
I thought of fixing up the max. number of nodes to 16. Now, if I use
the backup functionality, how do I allow the user to specify 4 nodes and
then continue, instead of pressing <enter> another 12 times ?
Also, the config file and the template files are a big mess then.
Another way I thought of was to read a string and write it to a tempfile,
and then use it in postinst. However, this doesn't work well with backup
in debconf, and isn't a good idea too.
Please let me know if there's a good way to do this.
Thanks,
viral
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