Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.6.0 Severity: minor The debconf specification text says:
The config-file contains a new element, which I call the configmodule. This is a program that will determine the configuration before the package is unpacked. This means it is run before the preinst, and before the package is unpacked! This is done to make sure that we can use the desired configuration in the preinst if necessary. However, that not only is false when we "dpkg -i" something, but it also will not work if apt-utils is not installed. In that case, the preinst will cause the config module to be run when /usr/share/debconf/confmodule is first executed. If it is not executed, it will not run "before" the preinst in that case (and it would actually run inside the preinst, not before anyway...) Please document this, it may save someone a grave bug someday, and maybe even avoid a lot of headaches. -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux khazad-dum 2.4.18-pre3-k7 #1 Dom Jan 13 01:00:51 BRST 2002 i686 Locale: LANG=pt_BR, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR Versions of packages debian-policy depends on: ii fileutils 4.1-9 GNU file management utilities. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh
