debconf-show (1) Linux Manual Page
NAME
debconf-show – query the debconf database
SYNOPSIS
debconf - show packagename[...][--db = dbname] debconf - show-- listowners[--db = dbname] debconf - show-- listdbs
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.org> and Sylvain Ferriol