debconf-show1
Query the debconf database
Usage
debconf-show packagename
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[--db=dbname]
debconf-show --listowners
[--db=dbname]
debconf-show --listdbs
Overview
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
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--db=dbname -
Specify the database to query. By default, debconf-show queries the main database.
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--listowners -
Lists all owners of questions in the database. Generally an owner is equivalent to a debian package name.
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--listdbs -
Lists all available databases.
Releases
12 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 11 times.
--db since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--listdbs since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--listowners since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).