NAME

       Debconf::Client::ConfModule - client module for ConfModules

SYNOPSIS

        use Debconf::Client::ConfModule ':all';
        version('2.0');
        my $capb=capb('backup');
        input("medium", "foo/bar");
        my @ret=go();
        if ($ret[0] == 30) {
               # Back button pressed.
               ...
        }
        ...

DESCRIPTION

       This is a module to ease writing ConfModules for Debian's configuration management system. It can
       communicate with a FrontEnd via the debconf protocol (which is documented in full in the
       debconf_specification in Debian policy).

       The design is that each command in the protocol is represented by one function in this module (with the
       name lower-cased).  Call the function and pass in any parameters you want to follow the command. If the
       function is called in scalar context, it will return any textual return code. If it is called in list
       context, an array consisting of the numeric return code and the textual return code will be returned.

       This module uses Exporter to export all functions it defines. To import everything, simply import ":all".

       import
           Ensure  that a FrontEnd is running.  It's a little hackish. If DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND is set, a FrontEnd
           is assumed to be running.  If not, one is started up automatically and stdin and out are connected to
           it. Note that this function is always run when the module is loaded in the usual way.

       stop
           The frontend doesn't send a return code here, so we cannot try to read it or we'll block.

       AUTOLOAD
           Creates handler functions for commands on the fly.

SEE ALSO

       The debconf specification (/usr/share/doc/debian-policy/debconf_specification.txt.gz).

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

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