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#!/bin/sh

. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule

dev="$1"
id=$2
cd $dev

[ -f $id/method ] || exit 0
method=$(cat $id/method)
[ "$method" = keep -o "$method" = format ] || exit 0

[ -f $id/filesystem ] || exit 0

[ -f $id/existing -a -f $id/formatable ] || exit 0

if [ "$method" = format ]; then
	db_metaget partman-basicmethods/text/yes_format description || RET=''
	if [ "$RET" ]; then
		status="$RET"
	else
		status=yes
	fi
else
	db_metaget partman-basicmethods/text/no_dont_format description || RET=''
	if [ "$RET" ]; then
		status="$RET"
	else
		status=no
	fi
fi

db_metaget partman-basicmethods/text/format description
printf "format\t%s\${!TAB}%s\n" "${RET}" "$status"