tasksel/tasksel-debconf

#!/bin/sh
# because debconf sucks
. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
set -e

tmpfile=$1
choices="$2"
choicestrans="$3"
defaults="$4"
question=$5

db_settitle tasksel/title
db_subst $question CHOICES_C "$choices"
db_subst $question CHOICES "$choicestrans"

# Allow tasksel/first to be preseeded. If it's marked as seen, then
# it must have been preseeded, and that overrides any defaults set by
# tasksel.
if [ "$question" = "tasksel/first" ]; then
	db_fget $question seen
	if [ "$RET" = false ]; then
		db_set $question "$defaults"
	fi
else
	db_set $question "$defaults"
fi

db_input high $question || true
db_go # note: intentionally unguarded
db_fset $question seen false
db_get $question
echo "$RET" >$tmpfile