[Debconf-devel] Bug#506070: say how to print current choices

[Colin Watson]

tags 506070 pending
thanks

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:31:04PM +0800, jidanni at jidanni.org wrote:
> Package: debconf
> Version: 1.5.24
> Severity: wishlist
> File: /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure
> 
> On the man page mention how to just print the current choices to stdout.
> Currently one must do things like
> # su nobody -c 'reportbug --template console-data'|fgrep \*

I've added a reference to debconf-show(1) in the DESCRIPTION section.

> Also add a FILES section saying where the selections are stored. Also
> do so for those other man pages that lack it.

No; this is far too complex for a simple FILES section and depends on
local database configuration (which might not even be local files).
dpkg-reconfigure(8) and other debconf manual pages already refer to
debconf(7) which goes into more detail about how debconf is organised.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at debian.org]