--- a/debian/postinst	Sat May 24 19:48:30 2003 +0100
+++ b/debian/postinst	Thu May 29 15:44:56 2003 +0100
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# $Id: postinst 499 2003-03-29 06:57:20Z godisch $
+# $Id: postinst 537 2003-05-29 14:44:56Z godisch $
 
 set -e
 
 [ "$1" = configure ] || exit 0
 
-. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
-db_version 2.0
-
 server_config=/etc/news/noffle.conf
 debian_config=/etc/default/noffle
 
@@ -35,57 +32,75 @@
 	mv -f /etc/noffle.conf.old $server_config.old 2> /dev/null || :
 fi
 
-db_get noffle/debconf
-if [ "$RET" != false ]; then
-	db_get noffle/port
-	port="$RET"
-	[ -z "$port" -o "$port" = 119 ] && port=nntp || :
-	# maybe disabled only, e.g. dpkg -r noffle
-	update-inetd --remove "/usr/bin/noffle -r" || :
-	update-inetd --group MAIL --add "$port\tstream\ttcp\tnowait\tnews\t/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/bin/noffle -r"
-	db_get noffle/server
-	server="$RET"
-	[ "$server" ] || server=news
-	db_get noffle/username
-	username="$RET"
-	db_get noffle/password
-	password="$RET"
-	db_get noffle/fetchmode
-	fetchmode="$RET"
-	[ "$fetchmode" ] || if [ -x /usr/sbin/pppd ]; then
-		fetchmode=ppp
-	else
-		fetchmode=cron
+if [ -e /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ]; then
+	. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+	db_version 2.0
+	db_get noffle/debconf
+	if [ "$RET" = true ]; then
+		db_get noffle/port
+		port="$RET"
+		[ -z "$port" -o "$port" = 119 ] && port=nntp || :
+		# maybe disabled only, e.g. dpkg -r noffle
+		update-inetd --remove "/usr/bin/noffle -r" || :
+		update-inetd --group MAIL --add "$port\tstream\ttcp\tnowait\tnews\t/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/bin/noffle -r"
+		db_get noffle/server
+		server="$RET"
+		[ "$server" ] || server=news
+		db_get noffle/username
+		username="$RET"
+		db_get noffle/password
+		password="$RET"
+		db_get noffle/fetchmode
+		fetchmode="$RET"
+		[ "$fetchmode" ] || if [ -x /usr/sbin/pppd ]; then
+			fetchmode=ppp
+		else
+			fetchmode=cron
+		fi
+		db_get noffle/maxfetch
+		maxfetch="$RET"
+		[ "$maxfetch" ] || maxfetch="$maxfetch_default"
+		db_get noffle/default-expire
+		defexpire="$RET"
+		[ "$defexpire" ] || defexpire="$defexpire_default"
+		# try to be idempotent
+		if [ ! -e $server_config.new -a ! -e $debian_config.new ]; then
+			# make some backup files
+			cmp -s $server_config $server_config.old || \
+				cp -pf $server_config $server_config.old 2> /dev/null || :
+			cmp -s $debian_config $debian_config.old || \
+				cp -pf $debian_config $debian_config.old 2> /dev/null || :
+		fi
+		# $server_config may contain sensitive information for NNTP authentication
+		umask 027
+		# we need to use sed instead of Perl to avoid another package dependency
+		cat /usr/share/noffle/noffle.conf | \
+			sed "s/^server[[:space:]].*/server $server $username $password/" | \
+			sed "s/^max-fetch[[:space:]].*/max-fetch $maxfetch/" | \
+			sed "s/^default-expire[[:space:]].*/default-expire $defexpire/" \
+			> $server_config.new
+		chgrp news $server_config.new
+		umask 022
+		cat /usr/share/noffle/conf.debian | \
+			sed "s/^NOFFLE_FETCHMODE=.*/NOFFLE_FETCHMODE=$fetchmode/" \
+			> $debian_config.new
+		mv -f $server_config.new $server_config
+		mv -f $debian_config.new $debian_config
 	fi
-	db_get noffle/maxfetch
-	maxfetch="$RET"
-	[ "$maxfetch" ] || maxfetch="$maxfetch_default"
-	db_get noffle/default-expire
-	defexpire="$RET"
-	[ "$defexpire" ] || defexpire="$defexpire_default"
-	# try to be idempotent
-	if [ ! -e $server_config.new -a ! -e $debian_config.new ]; then
-		# make some backup files
-		cmp -s $server_config $server_config.old || \
-			cp -pf $server_config $server_config.old 2> /dev/null || :
-		cmp -s $debian_config $debian_config.old || \
-			cp -pf $debian_config $debian_config.old 2> /dev/null || :
+	db_stop
+else
+	# no debconf available
+	if [ ! -e $server_config ]; then
+		umask 027
+		cp -f /usr/share/noffle/noffle.conf $server_config.new
+		chgrp news $server_config.new
+		mv -fb $server_config.new $server_config
 	fi
-	# $server_config may contain sensitive information for NNTP authentication
-	umask 027
-	# we need to use sed instead of Perl to avoid another package dependency
-	cat /usr/share/noffle/noffle.conf | \
-		sed "s/^server[[:space:]].*/server $server $username $password/" | \
-		sed "s/^max-fetch[[:space:]].*/max-fetch $maxfetch/" | \
-		sed "s/^default-expire[[:space:]].*/default-expire $defexpire/" \
-		> $server_config.new
-	chgrp news $server_config.new
-	umask 022
-	cat /usr/share/noffle/conf.debian | \
-		sed "s/^NOFFLE_FETCHMODE=.*/NOFFLE_FETCHMODE=$fetchmode/" \
-		> $debian_config.new
-	mv -f $server_config.new $server_config
-	mv -f $debian_config.new $debian_config
+	if [ ! -e $debian_config ]; then
+		umask 022
+		cp -f /usr/share/noffle/conf.debian $debian_config.new
+		mv -fb $debian_config.new $debian_config
+	fi
 fi
 
 # sanity checks
@@ -110,5 +125,4 @@
 	sleep 2
 fi
 
-db_stop
 exit 0