Lintian tag: debconf-is-not-a-registry

Type: warning

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

In the Unix tradition, Debian packages should have human-readable and
human-editable configuration files. This package uses debconf commands
outside its maintainer scripts, which often indicates that it is taking
configuration information directly from the debconf database. Typically,
packages should use debconf-supplied information to generate configuration
files, and -- to avoid losing configuration information on upgrades --
should parse these configuration files in the config script if it is
necessary to ask the user for changes.

Some standalone programs may legitimately use debconf to prompt the user
for questions. If you maintain a package containing such a program, please
install an override. Other exceptions to this check include configuration
scripts called from the package's post-installation script.

Please refer to Section 6.5.1 of the Debian Developer's Reference and the
debconf-devel(7) manual page for details.

Visibility: warning
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/debconf

Affected packages

source version binary level tag count information
blendsel 0.9 blendsel/0.9 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/lib/blendsel/blendsel-debconf:3]
configure-debian 1.0.3+nmu3 configure-debian/1.0.3+nmu3 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/configure-debian/configure-debian-debconf:2]
console-common 0.7.91 console-common/0.7.91 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/console/getkmapchoice.pl:3]
console-common 0.7.91 console-common/0.7.91 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/install-keymap:170]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-multidbtype-2.0/debian/postrm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-sqlite3-2.0/debian/config:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-2.1/debian/postinst:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-2.0/debian/postrm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-perl-2.0/debian/prerm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-frontend-2.0/debian/prerm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-migration-2.0/debian/postrm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-2.2/debian/prerm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-perl-2.0/debian/postinst:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-2.0/debian/postrm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-2.1/debian/postinst:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-2.2/debian/postinst:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-sqlite3-2.0/debian/postinst:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-2.1/debian/prerm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-2.1/debian/postrm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-2.0/debian/config:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-2.2/debian/config:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-2.2/debian/postrm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-2.0/debian/postinst:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-sqlite3-2.0/debian/prerm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-2.0/debian/postinst:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-frontend-2.0/debian/postrm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-sqlite3-2.0/debian/postrm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-multidbtype-2.0/debian/prerm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-2.1/debian/config:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-migration-2.0/debian/postinst:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-2.0/debian/config:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-2.1/debian/prerm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-frontend-2.0/debian/config:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-perl-2.0/debian/postrm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-2.0/debian/prerm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-frontend-2.0/debian/postinst:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-perl-2.0/debian/config:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-multidbtype-2.0/debian/config:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-migration-2.0/debian/config:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-migration-2.0/debian/prerm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-2.1/debian/postrm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-multidbtype-2.0/debian/postinst:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-pgsql-2.0/debian/prerm:6]
dbconfig-common 2.0.25 dbconfig-common/2.0.25 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/dbconfig-common/examples/db-test-mysql-2.1/debian/config:6]
debian-edu-config 2.12.902 debian-edu-config/2.12.902 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/bin/ldap-debian-edu-install:12]
debian-edu-config 2.12.902 debian-edu-config/2.12.902 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-edu-config/d-i/finish-install:10]
debian-edu-config 2.12.902 debian-edu-config/2.12.902 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-edu-config/d-i/pre-pkgsel:9]
debian-edu-config 2.12.902 debian-edu-config/2.12.902 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-edu-config/tools/run-at-firstboot:11]
debian-edu-config 2.12.902 debian-edu-config/2.12.902 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-edu-config/tools/edu-icinga-setup:24]
debian-edu-config 2.12.902 debian-edu-config/2.12.902 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-edu-config/tools/kerberos-kdc-init:31]
debian-edu-install 2.12.11 debian-edu-install/2.12.11 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/lib/debian-edu-install/debian-edu-testsuite:118]
debian-installer-launcher 44 debian-installer-launcher/44 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-installer-launcher/debconf_kernel.sh:12]
debian-installer-launcher 44 debian-installer-launcher/44 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-installer-launcher/debconf_mode.sh:12]
debian-security-support 1:13+2025.06.17 debian-security-support/1:13+2025.06.17 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-security-support/check-support-status.hook:10]
dictionaries-common 1.30.10 dictionaries-common/1.30.10 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/update-default-wordlist:5]
dictionaries-common 1.30.10 dictionaries-common/1.30.10 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/remove-default-ispell:5]
dictionaries-common 1.30.10 dictionaries-common/1.30.10 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/update-default-ispell:5]
dictionaries-common 1.30.10 dictionaries-common/1.30.10 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/select-default-wordlist:5]
dictionaries-common 1.30.10 dictionaries-common/1.30.10 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/select-default-ispell:5]
dictionaries-common 1.30.10 dictionaries-common/1.30.10 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/remove-default-wordlist:5]
discover 2.1.2-10.1 discover/2.1.2-10.1 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 8 [usr/sbin/discover-pkginstall:34]
discover 2.1.2-10.1 discover/2.1.2-10.1+b1 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/discover-pkginstall:34]
dtc 0.35.5-1 dtc-common/0.35.5-1 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/dtc/admin/ip_change.sh:3]
dtc 0.35.5-1 dtc-common/0.35.5-1 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/dtc/admin/rbl_change.sh:5]
dtc 0.35.5-1 dtc-common/0.35.5-1 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/dtc/admin/genfiles/change_debconf_domain.sh:5]
dtc 0.35.5-1 dtc-common/0.35.5-1 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/dtc/admin/genfiles/change_debconf_ip.sh:5]
isenkram 0.69 isenkram-cli/0.69 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/isenkram-pkginstall:27]
linux-base 4.12 linux-base/4.12 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/bin/linux-check-removal:93]
mumble 1.5.735-4 mumble-server/1.5.735-4 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 9 [usr/share/doc/mumble-server/examples/mumble-server.postinst:6]
open-infrastructure-compute-tools 20250604-1 open-infrastructure-compute-tools/20250604-1 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/compute-tools/build-scripts/debconf.d/0003-debconf:25]
open-infrastructure-compute-tools 20250604-1 open-infrastructure-compute-tools/20250604-1 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/compute-tools/build-scripts/debconf.d/0001-preseed-file:32]
open-infrastructure-compute-tools 20250604-1 open-infrastructure-compute-tools/20250604-1 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/compute-tools/get-scripts/curl.d/0001-debconf:25]
pam 1.7.0-3 libpam-runtime/1.7.0-3 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/pam-auth-update:28]
rlinetd 0.9.3-3 rlinetd/0.9.3-3 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 9 [usr/sbin/update-inetd:43]
shim-signed 1.44 shim-signed-common/1.44+15.8-1 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/update-secureboot-policy:17]
ssl-cert 1.1.3 ssl-cert/1.1.3 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/make-ssl-cert:6]
tasksel 3.80 tasksel/3.80 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/lib/tasksel/tasksel-debconf:3]
texlive-base 2024.20250309-1 texlive-base/2024.20250309-1 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [etc/libpaper.d/texlive-base:28]
tryton-server 7.0.30-1 tryton-server-postgresql/7.0.30-1 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/tryton-server-postgresql/scripts/initialize_db.sh:3]
ucf 3.0052 ucf/3.0052 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/bin/ucf:662]
user-setup 1.105 user-setup/1.105 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/lib/user-setup/user-setup-apply:4]
user-setup 1.105 user-setup/1.105 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/lib/user-setup/user-setup-ask:3]
xfonts-traditional 1.8.2 xfonts-traditional/1.8.2 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/xfonts-traditional/checkfiles:8]