[Pkg-openldap-devel] Re: db_input use in postinst

[Steve Langasek]

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Torsten,

I noticed you added=20

+  * Check lintian warning: Postinst uses db_input. I think the usage is
+    okay as it is an error message IIRC which is also output using cat
+    in case debconf is not available.
=20
to the debian/TODO.  Yes, use of db_input for displaying error messages is
perfectly ok in a postinst; it's arguably the *only* valid use of debconf
notes.  Do you want to add a lintian override for this, or can this comment
be removed from the TODO?

Also, note that debconf is *always* available by the time the postinst runs,
because it's a dependency of slapd; so if there are any instances of cat
being used just for this reason, they ought to be removed.

Cheers,
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Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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