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dbconfig-common documentation

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Abstract

dbconfig-common is an implementation of the "best practices for database applications" draft, which provides debian packagers with an easy, reliable, and consistent method for managing databases used by debian packages.

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Copyright Notice

Copyright © 2005 sean finney mailto:seanius@debian.org and 2015 Paul Gevers mailto:elbrus@debian.org.

This document is licensed under the Academic Free License, Version 2.1

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Contents

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Try it out!
• 3 Using dbconfig-common in your packages
  • 3.1 Quick and dirty: what to do
    • 3.1.1 Update package dependencies
    • 3.1.2 Putting hooks into the maintainer scripts
    • 3.1.3 Supplying the data/code for your database
  • 3.2 Advanced usage.
    • 3.2.1 Generating custom configuration files with database information
    • 3.2.2 Importing dbconfig-common into an existing package
    • 3.2.3 Database changes in new versions of your package
    • 3.2.4 Packages that support multiple types of databases
    • 3.2.5 Packages that connect to but should not create databases (read-only frontends)
    • 3.2.6 Packages that require extra logic during removal
    • 3.2.7 Hinting defaults and advanced control of configuration/installation
    • 3.2.8 Debugging problems with dbconfig-common
• 4 More Information (and how to help)

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dbconfig-common documentation

Sean Finney

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