Subject: Re: Bug#587380: debconf-set-selections: --checkonly issues warning about password db

From: Marc Haber <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 15:03:14 +0200

On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 07:23:06PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> the following warning:
> 
>   debconf-set-selections --checkonly /usr/share/simple-cdd/profiles/default.preseed
>   debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied
> 
> is it possible to check the format of a preseeding file without actually
> accessing the debconf password database and issuing a warning?
> 
>that would be nice. thanks!

Can this please have some maintainer attention after almost eleven
years?

Greetings
Marc