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
bgoffice-dict-downloader 0.10+nmu1 bgoffice-dict-downloader/0.10+nmu1 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/update-bgoffice-dicts:8]
blendsel 0.10 blendsel/0.10 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/lib/blendsel/blendsel-debconf:3]
configure-debian 1.0.4 configure-debian/1.0.4 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/sbin/install-keymap:170]
console-common 0.7.91 console-common/0.7.91 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/console/getkmapchoice.pl:3]
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-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-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-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-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-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-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-2.2/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-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-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-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/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/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/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-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/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/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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-2.0/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/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-multidbtype-2.0/debian/postinst:6]
debian-edu-config 2.12.904 debian-edu-config/2.12.904 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-edu-config/tools/kerberos-kdc-init:31]
debian-edu-config 2.12.904 debian-edu-config/2.12.904 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-edu-config/tools/run-at-firstboot:11]
debian-edu-config 2.12.904 debian-edu-config/2.12.904 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/bin/ldap-debian-edu-install:12]
debian-edu-config 2.12.904 debian-edu-config/2.12.904 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-edu-config/tools/edu-icinga-setup:24]
debian-edu-config 2.12.904 debian-edu-config/2.12.904 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-edu-config/d-i/pre-pkgsel:9]
debian-edu-config 2.12.904 debian-edu-config/2.12.904 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-edu-config/d-i/finish-install:10]
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 45 debian-installer-launcher/45 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-installer-launcher/debconf_mode.sh:12]
debian-installer-launcher 45 debian-installer-launcher/45 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-installer-launcher/debconf_kernel.sh:12]
debian-security-support 1:13+2025.07.16 debian-security-support/1:13+2025.07.16 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/debian-security-support/check-support-status.hook:10]
dictionaries-common 1.30.11 dictionaries-common/1.30.11 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/select-default-wordlist:5]
dictionaries-common 1.30.11 dictionaries-common/1.30.11 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/remove-default-ispell:5]
dictionaries-common 1.30.11 dictionaries-common/1.30.11 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/update-default-ispell:5]
dictionaries-common 1.30.11 dictionaries-common/1.30.11 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/update-default-wordlist:5]
dictionaries-common 1.30.11 dictionaries-common/1.30.11 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/select-default-ispell:5]
dictionaries-common 1.30.11 dictionaries-common/1.30.11 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/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]
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]
isenkram 0.69 isenkram-cli/0.69 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/sbin/isenkram-pkginstall:27]
linux-base 4.14 linux-base/4.14 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/bin/linux-check-removal:93]
mumble 1.5.735-6 mumble-server/1.5.735-6 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/doc/mumble-server/examples/mumble-server.postinst:6]
mumble 1.5.735-6 mumble-server/1.5.735-6+b1 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 8 [usr/share/doc/mumble-server/examples/mumble-server.postinst:6]
nvidia-support 20240109+1 nvidia-installer-cleanup/20240109+1 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 5 [usr/lib/nvidia/check-for-conflicting-opengl-libraries:6]
nvidia-support 20240109+1 nvidia-support/20240109+1 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 5 [usr/lib/nvidia/check-for-mismatching-nvidia-module:6]
open-infrastructure-compute-tools 20250720-2 open-infrastructure-compute-tools/20250720-2 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/compute-tools/get-scripts/curl.d/0001-debconf:25]
open-infrastructure-compute-tools 20250720-2 open-infrastructure-compute-tools/20250720-2 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/compute-tools/build-scripts/debconf.d/0003-debconf:25]
open-infrastructure-compute-tools 20250720-2 open-infrastructure-compute-tools/20250720-2 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/share/compute-tools/build-scripts/debconf.d/0001-preseed-file:32]
pam 1.7.0-5 libpam-runtime/1.7.0-5 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 1.47 shim-signed-common/1.47+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 3.83 tasksel/3.83 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/lib/tasksel/tasksel-debconf:3]
texlive-base 2025.20250927-3 texlive-base/2025.20250927-3 warning debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [etc/libpaper.d/texlive-base:28]
tryton-server 7.0.38-1 tryton-server-postgresql/7.0.38-1 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 1.107 user-setup/1.107 overridden debconf-is-not-a-registry 1 [usr/lib/user-setup/user-setup-apply:4]
user-setup 1.107 user-setup/1.107 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]