pre install

Author: jgg
Date: 1999-08-05 05:56:25 GMT
pre install

diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo
index a91fc929ab6043f06b11a722c5a7ea5e59b7bb1b..77015a43132f83e7c79443f2a8c1f9aad9dd3ab2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo
@@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ This is a list of shell commands to run before/after invoking dpkg. Like
 bf(Options) this must be specified in list notation. The commands
 are invoked in order using /bin/sh, should any fail APT will abort.
 
 bf(Options) this must be specified in list notation. The commands
 are invoked in order using /bin/sh, should any fail APT will abort.
 

+dit(bf(BPre-Install-Pkgs))
+This is a list of shell commands to run before invoking dpkg. Like
+bf(Options) this must be specified in list notation. The commands
+are invoked in order using /bin/sh, should any fail APT will abort.
+Apt will pass to the commands on standard input the filenames of all
+.deb files it is going to install, one per line.
+

 dit(bf(Run-Directory))
 APT chdirs to this directory before invoking dpkg, the default is /.
 
 dit(bf(Run-Directory))
 APT chdirs to this directory before invoking dpkg, the default is /.
 

diff --git a/doc/examples/apt.conf b/doc/examples/apt.conf
index da9bc1d9626191cba52168a2022d40ee418d94f5..a84fc1079fe0e531c6b415df0a4d59cca4ca3fa8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/examples/apt.conf
+++ b/doc/examples/apt.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// $Id: apt.conf,v 1.34 1999/07/10 05:32:26 jgg Exp $
+// $Id: apt.conf,v 1.35 1999/08/05 05:56:25 jgg Exp $

 /* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should
    NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is a completely
    valid file.
 /* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should
    NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is a completely
    valid file.


@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ DPkg
    
    // Build options for apt-get source --compile
    Build-Options "-b -uc";
    
    // Build options for apt-get source --compile
    Build-Options "-b -uc";

+
+   // Pre-configure all packages before they are installed using debconf.
+   Pre-Install-Pkgs {"dpkg-preconfig --apt --priority=low --frontend=dialog";};

 }
 
 /* Options you can set to see some debugging text They corrispond to names
 }
 
 /* Options you can set to see some debugging text They corrispond to names