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	manpages/english/debconf/debconf.7 - view - 1.10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		There is a rarely-used command named debconf, documented in.BR debconf (1).P Debconf provides a consistent interface for configuring packages, allowing you to choose from several user interface frontends.
		Debconf's author prefers to not comment regarding the circumstances that led to this frontend being written.
		Debconf is told to use the LDAP server as the fallback database.
	cvs.alioth.debian.org /cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/manpages/english/debconf/debconf.7?rev=1.10&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=ddp (2375 words)

	The Debconf Programmer's Tutorial
		To save you reading the specification (which is in Debian policy if you're interested), debconf is a backend database, with a frontend that talks to it and presents an interface to the user.
		Debconf uses two simple rules to try to figure out the templates file associated with the config script, and if it finds one, it loads it.
		Debconf supports this, but it takes a fair amount of work on your part to make your package support it.
	www.fifi.org /doc/debconf-doc/tutorial.html (3663 words)

	DebConf - DebianWiki
		DebianPackage debconf is, to put it simply, "Install Shield Wizards Done Right," and is one of the main advantages of DebianVsOtherDistros.
		Ask again: debconf by default does not re-ask old configuration questions during upgrade of a package, instead it uses old answers to generate new versions of configuration files, providing seamless upgrade capability.
		In the future debconf is pictured to be an even more flexible and easy to use and maintain configuration management system by using the formidable config4gnu ConfigurationHandling functionality.
	wiki.debian.net /?DebConf (402 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Do not abuse debconf ----------------------- Since debconf appeared in Debian, it has been widely abused and several criticisms received by the Debian distribution come from debconf abuse with the need of answering a wide bunch of questions before getting any little thing installed.
		Debconf, along with its sister package po-debconf offers a simple framework for getting templates translated by translation teams or even individuals.
		It should be used only for important notes that the user really should see, since debconf will go to great pains to make sure the user sees it; halting the install for them to press a key, and even mailing the note to them in some cases.
	people.debian.org /~bubulle/dtsg/dtsg.txt (1907 words)

	Announcing debconf, configuration management for debian
		If you would like to try out debconf, simply add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://va.debian.org/~joeyh/ debconf/ There are a few packages in there modified to use debconf.
		As it stands now, debconf is usable along-side traditional packages, and packages that use debconf will behave just like normal packages except they use a consistent UI.
		Debconf also hooks into apt so if you use apt to install several debconf-aware packages at once, the packages will prompt for configuration information _before_ they are installed.
	lists.debian.org /debian-devel/1999/09/msg01500.html (1022 words)

	manpages/english/debconf/debconf-devel.7 - view - 1.14 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		When debconf loads a templates file (this happens whenever a config or postinst script is run), it automatically instantiates a question from each template.
		Debconf usually only displays questions to users if they have the seen flag set to "false" (or if it is reconfiguring a package).
		Debconf notices it is being used by the postinst script, and so it goes off and runs the config script.
	cvs.alioth.debian.org /cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/manpages/english/debconf/debconf-devel.7?rev=1.14&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=ddp (6148 words)

	Bug#216457: patch to add debconf support
		The patch does not introduce any dependency relationship between flex and debconf.=20 It assumes that debconf is usable as soon as it offers a /usr/share/debconf/confmodule file, even if debconf is not yet configured, and this is in fact true of all known versions of debconf.
		However, since debconf can be configured to run ininteractively, this left open the question of what the right behavior would be in noninteractive mode.
		It would also be possible to abort the upgrade whenever the question is not displayed, but if that is done a debconf note (and probably some stderr output) should be used to let the user know why their upgrade failed.
	www.talkaboutsoftware.com /group/linux.debian.bugs.rc/messages/6250.html (1052 words)

	LWN: debconf updates - po-debconf and debconf-2.0
		I hope that all packages will be using po-debconf to manage their debconf translations before the next major release of debian.
		We would like to eventually let debconf be swapped out for cdebconf (the reimplementation in C done for the debian-installer project) on at least some systems.
		It will be provided by both debconf and cdebconf eventually, and all package that declare a dependency on debconf will need to be changed to depend on debconf-2.0 instead.
	lwn.net /Articles/24370 (431 words)

	Project info for Debconf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Debconf is the new generation of configuration management tools for Debian.
		Unlike a general system configuration program like LinuxConf, Debconf is specific to Debian packages, and is normally only used at package install time.
		GNOME is also using a system derived from Debconf's specification for user-level confirugation of GNOME apps, though the codebase is different.
	www.advogato.org /proj/Debconf (96 words)

	Debconf 2 in Toronto: July 5-7th, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		He deserves everybody's thanks and gratitude!) Debconf 2 will be held in Toronto, Ontario, at York University, from Friday, July 5, to Sunday, July 7, 2002.
		To decide the schedule of Debconf 2, I need those who are interested in presenting to contact me now.
		As well, all those who are willing or able to help administrate (for example, by getting some sort of web application up where people can sign up for rooms), contact me as well.
	old.lwn.net /2002/0307/a/debconf2.php3 (264 words)

	Debconf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		This is Debconf too, with a different frontend.
		Debconf again, using a text editor as its frontend.
		Debconf is available in subversion at svn://svn.debian.org/svn/debconf/ and is shipped as a package in the Debian distribution.
	kitenet.net /programs/debconf (63 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		# Debconf will use this database to store the data you enter into it, # and some other dynamic data.
		You don't want to # write to that host's debconf database, just read from it, so you still # need a local database for local changes.
		It is optional; if debconf # fails to use it it will not abort.
	wwwcip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de /~sithglan/cfengine/distributed/linux/etc/debconf.conf (335 words)

	LWN: Debconf 3
		It is true, there will be a Debconf 3, this time again in Europe, more exact Oslo, Norway.
		If you are interested in talking at Debconf (or have an idea for a talk which you'd like to hear), please drop me a mail describing what you would like to talk about and we will go through all the suggestions and come up with a good selection of talks.
		However, we are working on a common system for debconf registration handling on debconf.org.
	lwn.net /Articles/19309 (338 words)

	DebianControlCenter - DebianWiki
		We need to provide good graphical user interface for configuration of already existing debconf infrastructure and use debconf where possible, only providing special code to configure stuff where debconfization is not possible.
		To be able to use all the existing debconf maintainer scripts until the maintainers can use the configruration system in their package scripts themselves, the idea would be to make a CFG backend that interfaces to debconf (functions as a frontend to debconf).
		This way all available debconf settings can be present in the configuration system without further work.
	wiki.debian.net /index.cgi?DebianControlCenter (656 words)

	Debian Configlets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		While this is very useful for accomodating the many environments that a package might be configured, it does make debconf interfaces in richer environments look ugly and difficult to use by comparison.
		Developers can create Python code and a Glade interface to be presented to the user by a separate front end; behind the scenes, debconf is used to store questions and answers for future use, just as it would otherwise.
		It is responsible for starting the configlets, providing them a GUI toplevel widget of some kind to live in, handling global user interaction (such as navigation between the configlets), reading from and writing to the debconf database, and so on.
	hackers.progeny.com /configlets/book (2117 words)

	flosspick : debconf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Debconf is a configuration management system for debian packages.
		use Debconf to ask questions when they are installed.
		timezoneconf debconf interface to system timezone, date, and time
	flosspick.org /package/full/debconf (43 words)

	Re: desktop @ debconf
		We talked about possible stuff to work during debconf.
		The wiki and the debian-desktop pages were mentioned and people encouraged to subscribe to this list and help move things on.
		Basically, I would say our tasks for debconf would be checking debconf-using packages to see if they use it in a way that helps desktop and cdd's, because we have similar requirements here, taking a look at the secserver stuff and at configlets.
	lists.debian.org /debian-desktop/2004/05/msg00025.html (159 words)

	Debian -- Upcoming Attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Debconf is a conference with, by and for Debian Developers.
		Non-developers are quite welcome to attend, but are not the conference's primary audience.
		Presentations about Debian technologies such as Debconf, dpkg, apt, our mirror system and our policy are welcome as well as upcoming and interesting items such as Debian/BSD, the Hurd and porting to new and novel architectures.
	www.debian.org /events/2003/0718-debconf (117 words)

	[No title]
		+ Lines are wrapped by debconf, except when they begin with a + space.
		It seems that such lines + must not exceed 72 characters in order to be displayed + reasonably well on all frontends.
		script (from po-debconf >= 0.8.3) + is able to show your translation as it will be displayed by + debconf at configuration time.
	cvs.debian.org /webwml/english/international/l10n/po-debconf/README-trans.wml.diff?r1=1.4&r2=1.5&cvsroot=webwml&diff_format=u (703 words)

	Debian GNU/Linux -- Status of Debconf templates l10n with PO files for language code: fr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Status of Debconf templates l10n with PO files for language code: fr
		Packages with po-debconf support and for which translation is to do
		The packages below, if any, ship Debconf templates localized via po-debconf, but are currently not translated in this language.
	graal.ens-lyon.fr /%7Emquinson/debian/po-debconf.fr.html (201 words)

	[LinuXia/Debian] Suchergebnisse für debconf
		If you install this package, debconf will not work properly in other
		debconf templates, and support for proper display of multibyte character
		This package contains some small utilities for debconf developers.
	www.linuxia.de /packages/Debian/testing/Source/debconf (125 words)

	4.7. Automatic Installation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Alternatively, one way to get a complete file listing all the values that can be preseeded is to do a manual install, and then use
		package, to dump both the debconf database and the cdebconf database in /var/log/debian-installer/cdebconf to a single file:
		However, a file generated in this manner will have some items that should not be preseeded, and the file in Section C.1, “Preconfiguration File Example” is a better starting place for most users.
	d-i.alioth.debian.org /manual/en.i386/ch04s07.html (441 words)

	Keysigning Party @ Debconf4 2004
		Mako at Debconf before the 30th and we can work out a way for you to participate.
		By Saturday, May 22st, you will be able to fetch both the complete keyring with all the keys that were submitted along with a text file
		At Debconf, come with the hash you computed and a hardcopy of
	mako.yukidoke.org /projects/ksp-dc4 (606 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Changes by Branden Robinson: * Fix xfree86-common and xdm's postrm scripts to shunt update-rc.d's standard output to /dev/null; the #DEBHELPER# expando causes the postrm to be re-executed with the debconf frontend, which is notorious for mistaking anything that appears on standard output as food, and is confused by update-rc.d's unconditional chattery spew.
		That way, if one of the hardware detection packages is subsequently installed, the user is not confusingly shown a "do autodection?" debconf question, and then nothing done about the answer.
		Dynamic loading of Xcursor by Xlib wasn't working when an external Xcursor library was available during the build; Xlib was being told that the name of the Xcursor object was "Xcursor.so.", because SOXCURSORREV was only defined in xc/lib/Xcursor/Imakefile, which is not used when an external Xcursor library is used.
	necrotic.deadbeast.net /xsf/XFree86/trunk/debian/changelog (14749 words)

	po-debconf status
		This page lists possible candidates for po-debconf transition (package that use debconf but have not yet migrated to po-debconf for their template handling).
		In a recent announcement Christian Perrier describes the intention to focus on packages that have long unresolved bug reports asking for a switch to po-debconf and asks for help to start a "NMU campaign" targeting these packages.
		The package appears to have no debconf support at all.
	people.debian.org /~lwall/i18n (222 words)

	DebConf 2 Registration - Debian Planet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Debian Conference (Debconf) 2 registration page is now available.
		There is no charge for DebConf 2, but participants will be 'on the hook' for housing and food costs.
		I'll be attending OLS, and then taking a bus or train down to Toronto on the Thursday night before Debconf will begin (so I can poke around Toronto and visit a few friends before the conference begins).
	www.debianplanet.org /node.php?id=640 (465 words)

	Slashdot \| Sixth DebConf Ends in Success
		With over 300 registered participants from around 40 countries, this was the largest DebConf to date.
		As a member of the Debconf video team, the guy that took all of the video home to finish processing, a Debian Developer and a Free Software nut, I'm probably as well qualified as anyone to answer this question.
		In a nutshell it's mpeg rather than Theora because none of the people arguing now, after the fact, that it should have been done in Theora were volunteering to help when the actual work was underway.
	linux.slashdot.org /linux/05/07/25/1138211.shtml?tid=90&tid=106 (1863 words)

	LWN: Debian Weekly News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Debian conference is most important event where Debian developers and interested users meet to discuss about the Debian project and its development.
		This year DebConf will take place in [6]Helsinki, [7]Finland.
		Francesco Poli [8]wondered if there has been any progress recently to change the license of Debian [9]logos to a free one.
	lwn.net /Articles/127739 (1028 words)

	The girl named after a web browser
		Debconf 6 is getting closer (and some people are so, so talented).
		When I got to work today, I learned that my time in Debconf was not accounted as holidays at all and I still have 3 weeks holidays left!
		I will be given a couple of weeks off at the middle of August.
	www.livejournal.com /users/amayita (1242 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Items under actual package version headings are listed in descending order of priority; that is, the most important items come first.
		In general, Debconf template translations may be incorporated without being scheduled.
		However, the package release manager can put an explicit freeze on those by marking the package version section accordingly.
	necrotic.deadbeast.net /xsf/XFree86/trunk/debian/TODO (577 words)

	Talks and Presentations \| Benj. Mako Hill
		I spoke last summarizing what was said before and laying out the methods for future collaboration and work on Custom Debian Distributions.
		Debian-NP presented its project, and the progress that it had made during the week, to other Debian developers interested in Debian-NP.
		The workshop was given at Debconf 3 in Oslo, Norway.
	mako.yukidoke.org /talks (2297 words)

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