[Dbconfig-common-devel] RE : RE : package that must not manage a database but can write on it

PICCA Frédéric-Emmanuel frederic-emmanuel.picca at synchrotron-soleil.fr
Thu Feb 11 21:05:30 UTC 2010


> i think you can still get what you want using the "frontend" functionality
> in dbconfig-common.  i wouldn't recommend removing the postrm script
> as it also takes care of some other things.  in the frontend mode it
> does all the configuration/debconf stuff but never actually talks to the
> database.  the install/upgrade support is probably de-activated in the
> frontend mode, but since it generates a config file (and you can
> also generate another one customized for your needs) you could always
> run something yourself in the postinst after calling dbc_go.

ok but do you have some documentation about how to use the frontend functionnality ?

I did not find examples.

thanks

Frederic



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