debconf-show

query the debconf database

Synopsis

 debconf-show packagename [...] [--db=dbname]
 debconf-show --listowners [--db=dbname]
 debconf-show --listdbs

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examples

source

            
  have debconf-show &&


  _debconf_show()


  {


  local cur



  COMPREPLY=()


  cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}


  COMPREPLY=($( compgen -W '--listowners --listdbs
  --db=' -- $cur ) \


  $( apt-cache pkgnames -- $cur ) )


  }


  complete -F _debconf_show
  debconf-show

source

            
  options=$(debconf-show
  --listowners | sort)


  __menu -t 'Debconf owners' $(printf ' -o
  %s' $options) --back --exit


  [ ! $# -eq 1
  ] &&
  echo "${BASH_SOURCE##*/}
  ${FUNCNAME} line $LINENO : Function wait for an argument."
  >&2 &&
  exit


  [ -z "$(which
  debconf-show)" ]
  && __package_cp install debconf-utils

description

debconf-show lets you query the debconf database in different ways.

The most common use is "debconf-show packagename", which displays all items in the debconf database owned by a given package, and their current values. Questions that have been asked already are prefixed with an ’*’.

This can be useful as a debugging aid, and especially handy in bug reports involving a package’s use of debconf.

options

--db=dbname

Specify the database to query. By default, debconf-show queries the main database.

--listowners

Lists all owners of questions in the database. Generally an owner is equivalent to a debian package name.

--listdbs

Lists all available databases.

author

Joey Hess <joeyh[:at:]debian[:dot:]org> and Sylvain Ferriol