Re: using debconf as registry
Raphael Bossek wrote:
> i'm unsing debconf as a common user interface installating the
> package sslwrap. i save some parameter and directory entries
> in the debconf db and use this them later for instance in my
> init.d script that will be started in the boot phase. the problem
> is that debconf use libterm-readline-gnu-perl and libreadlieng2
> requests a valid /dev/tty.
> joey told me that i should not use debconf as a registry :-) instead
> i should create a text file where i have to save my settings again but i
> ask me why should i do that? joey means that this is unix! and i
> say we can do it better! because multiple configuration files tent to
> confusion. if someone wish to change the settings can use dpkg.
Debconf was never designed to be used as a general purpose registry. I'm not
going to argue the plusses and minuses of a registery here, I think that
should be enough.
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see shy jo
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