[packagekit] PackageKit & Debian, Was: External dependencies, DeviceKit-power and GNOME Power Manager

[Martin Pitt]

Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett [2008-11-27  9:47 +0100]:
> Can Debian get the package installed but defer the debconf call to
> later? In that case t could be adapted so debconf output is shown as
> message, and introduce the concept of "configuring" a package

Yes, that's entirely possible, and in fact the way how dpkg works.
Usually, if you use "apt-get install" or the more basic "dpkg -i",
both steps happen, but you can call it separately with "dpkg --unpack"
and "dpkg --configure". Or just unpack everything, and then configure
all installed package in one go with "dpkg --configure --all".

Usually the .config scripts (which asks the questions) are run right
at the start, so that if you install Debian, you get to see all the
questions, answer them, and then can leave it grinding. However,
that's just a convention, if the script doesn't run before unpack, it
is automatically run during the configure phase.

Martin
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