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Ok... Just some comments.
I just got some crude debian autoinstall mechanism running for my
organisation, which does a dpkg -install from a perl expect script, which
scans the output of dpkg for keywords which it reacts to. I would have
liked a more beautiful
Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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Why can't you ask all the questions first? I am too thnking of
the kernel image package. I can easily design a framework that
gathers all the data a priori -- and yes, you have a point;
Andreas because the questions depend on the
Andreas Degert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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Andreas I'd like to integrate more of the bookkeeping tasks into the
Andreas debian system, like being able to display a list of
Andreas warnings/errors after installation is finished, and a list
Brederlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
dpkg should start one thread to extract a package, when a package is
done a second threat is signaled and the next is extracted.
The second thread configures the package. If any question is to be
asked, the controll is given to a third threat and the next
Brederlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A good way to start would be to seperate the unpacking and
installation from the configuration.
dpkg should start one thread to extract a package, when a package is
done a second threat is signaled and the next is extracted.
The second thread
Hi,
What is the benefit of keeping packages in an unconfigured
state? This shall certainly play havoc with large scale upgrades,
when latter packages require earlier packages to be configured. To be
absolutely certain, you may, in the worst case, have to set up and
configure packages
Hi,
A short while ago, Ian proposed a specification for an
Automatic query servicing for dpkg installation scripts.
I thought that the spec was very well thought out, and really,
the best bet for Debian were we to put in serious work on the
project. (Unfortunately, some of the
On Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 09:48:46PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
What is the benefit of keeping packages in an unconfigured
state?
It's a reminder to me that I need to configure this package still.
This shall certainly play havoc with large scale upgrades,
when latter packages
Hi,
Drake == Drake Diedrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Drake On Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 09:48:46PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
What is the benefit of keeping packages in an unconfigured
state?
DrakeIt's a reminder to me that I need to configure this package still.
I prefer
Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Drake On Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 09:48:46PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
What is the benefit of keeping packages in an unconfigured
state?
DrakeIt's a reminder to me that I need to configure this package still.
I prefer the
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