debian man page for debconf-show

DEBCONF-SHOW(1) 						      Debconf							   DEBCONF-SHOW(1)

NAME
       debconf-show - query the debconf database

SYNOPSIS
	debconf-show packagename [...] [--db=dbname]
	debconf-show --listowners [--db=dbname]
	debconf-show --listdbs

DESCRIPTION
       debconf-show lets you query the debconf database in different ways.

       The most common use is "debconf-show packagename", which displays all items in the debconf database owned by a given package, and their
       current values.	Questions that have been asked already are prefixed with an '*'.

       This can be useful as a debugging aid, and especially handy in bug reports involving a package's use of debconf.

OPTIONS
       --db=dbname
	   Specify the database to query. By default, debconf-show queries the main database.

       --listowners
	   Lists all owners of questions in the database. Generally an owner is equivalent to a debian package name.

       --listdbs
	   Lists all available databases.

AUTHOR
       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> and Sylvain Ferriol

								    2012-09-10							   DEBCONF-SHOW(1)