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On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Steve Langasek wrote: > Roland, > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 07:51:01PM +0100, Roland Mas wrote: > > > A hypothetical third hand would be holding this: the postinst first > > reads the master config file and shoves its values into Debconf, then > > asks the debconf questions, then updates the sourceforge.conf file > > with the new values from Debconf. It sounds horribly messy, though, > > and I'm not sure it's doable without too much hackery. > > > Anyone got a fourth hand? Please? > > This hypothetical third hand is the one that Debconf waves to say hi. > My understanding is that this is the preferred method of handling config > files through debconf. It is hopefully doable without any 'hackery': > you just need a parser for your config file that can properly extract > the current settings. If your postinst is written in POSIX sh, many > times sed and awk work very well together as a parser. :) > > Regards, > Steve Langasek > postmodern programmer > ------------------------- James Calloway Networking and Computing Technologies Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN (865) 574-3252 (office) 574-9938 (fax) 556-4683 (cell) email : [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL : http://www.cs.utk.edu/~calloway -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
