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*[http://www.fifi.org/doc/debconf-doc/tutorial.html The Debconf Programmer's Tutorial] | *[http://www.fifi.org/doc/debconf-doc/tutorial.html The Debconf Programmer's Tutorial] | ||
*http://wiki.debian.org/DebConf | *http://wiki.debian.org/DebConf | ||
*[http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/debconf_specification.html Configuration management] | |||
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat | |||
The actual config data | |||
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat | |||
The location of relevant files per package | |||
/var/lib/dpkg/info | |||
Finding packages that should work for dpkg-reconfigure: | |||
find /var/lib/dpkg/info -name \*.postinst | xargs grep -l debconf| sed 's/^.*\/\(.*\)/\1/g;s/.postinst//g' | |||
=FAQ= | |||
==delete values from database== | |||
When testing your config file you will find that after 1 try it no longer shows dialog, fix this by setting priority to critical and clean database. | |||
It does not seem possible to directly edit config.dat, but: | |||
echo PURGE | debconf-communicate <packagename> | |||
Latest revision as of 18:57, 29 January 2015
The actual config data
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat
The location of relevant files per package
/var/lib/dpkg/info
Finding packages that should work for dpkg-reconfigure:
find /var/lib/dpkg/info -name \*.postinst | xargs grep -l debconf| sed 's/^.*\/\(.*\)/\1/g;s/.postinst//g'
FAQ
delete values from database
When testing your config file you will find that after 1 try it no longer shows dialog, fix this by setting priority to critical and clean database. It does not seem possible to directly edit config.dat, but:
echo PURGE | debconf-communicate <packagename>
