Hi Simon Am Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 05:32:35PM +0200 hat Simon Richter getippert: > On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Philipp Frauenfelder wrote: > > As a last step, I would like to write some sort of transition > > script which parses the old config file (parsing is easy!) and > > inserts the values into the database _before_ the user is asked > > to fill in the debconf forms. > > [using the preinst script to read in the config file] > > Don't use the preinst script for that, config is perfectly acceptable. If > you read in the values in the preinst, your package would have to > Pre-Depend on debconf, which is a no-no.
I know. I would have used some sort of if [ -e /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ]; then to avoid the Pre-Depend. > Look at the uptimed package, it has two config scripts (one sh, the other > perl) that do exactly what you want. Thanks for the pointer. I'll have a look at this package. Regards -- Philipp work home Frauenfelder [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [PGP] +41 1 632 60 38 +41 1 862 73 14 Proudly running Debian GNU/Linux. See http://www.debian.org/
