[Debconf-devel] Bug#558262: Workaround to make dpkg-reconfigure -a complete

Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs friedel at nomaden.org
Sat Dec 5 15:37:59 UTC 2009


Apparently it is a much better idea to:

Friedel schrieb:
> DPKG_RUNNING_VERSION="bogus" dpkg-reconfigure -a
---Zitatende---

export DPKG_RUNNING_VERSION="1.15.5.2"
export DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE="debconf"
dpkg-reconfigure -a -u

as with my first attempt, dpkg-reconfigure will later complain about
dpkg-triggers being called by a non-maintainer script. I still didn't
do proper research on what's happening here, as I mostly wanted to get
my updates done and the system into a usable state again.

-- 
        Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs <friedel at nomaden.org>
                             TauPan on Ircnet and Freenode ;)
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