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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 AT debian.org>



                                            2011-02-02         ..::Debconf::Client::ConfModule(3)