Linux Debian support - dpkg-reconfigure buggy or not?

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dpkg-reconfigure buggy or not?

Adam McCarthy

2005-09-03, 2:46 am

When I do something like dpkg-reconfigure exim4-base it would bring up
the questions and did it twice but then now after typing
dpkg-reconfigure exim4-base, it is doing nothing just makes me wait at
the command prompt and does nothing.

I type dpkg-reconfigure exim4-base and expect questions but it doesn't
show a thing and returns to the prompt.

Darshaka Pathirana

2005-09-03, 7:47 am

On 2005-09-03@06:04:46, Adam McCarthy <anonymous@privacy.net.invalid> wrote:
> When I do something like dpkg-reconfigure exim4-base it would bring up
> the questions and did it twice but then now after typing
> dpkg-reconfigure exim4-base, it is doing nothing just makes me wait at
> the command prompt and does nothing.
>
> I type dpkg-reconfigure exim4-base and expect questions but it doesn't
> show a thing and returns to the prompt.

Maybe something like:
# dpkg-reconfigure -pmedium exim4-base

You can try "low", "high" and eventually "critical" (though i would not
recommended that) instead of "medium".

see man dpkg-reconfigure and man debconf-devel.

HTH
- Darsha