reassign 244437 cdebconf severity 244437 important thanks I have traced the cause of this bug to cdebconf when testing over SSH. It could very well be this fixes translation-related problems in other d-i modules as well.
The log from #d-boot below shows the analysis. [18:08:42] <fjp> joeyh, bubulle_: How does cdebconf know what language it should use? Environment variable LANGUAGE? [18:09:03] fjp is looking at #244437 [18:11:28] <joeyh> isn't there a debconf template too? [18:34:42] <fjp> joeyh: You were correct. The list shows correctly after 'db_set debconf/language en'. [18:35:24] <fjp> joeyh: But this variable was set in the process in the main console. So how does it get 'lost'? [18:35:40] <joeyh> hmm, I don't know [18:35:52] <joeyh> cdebconf should save its db after every menu item [18:36:10] <fjp> joeyh: Let me check the questions file... [18:37:46] <fjp> joeyh: questions.dat has the correct value. So it looks like it is not 'read into memory' or something when a new d-i process is started from ssh. [18:49:22] <fjp> joeyh: I can fix the problem by modifying choose-mirror's postinst: first I source /usr/share/debconf/confmodule; 'db_get debconf/language' returns "en", but that does not help; 'db_set debconf/language en' does work. [18:49:42] <fjp> joeyh: So what does db_set do that db_get doesn't? [19:07:16] <joeyh> I'll bet that there's a hook in db_set for this that was added and we forgot to make the hook take effect when it loads ther db in the first place [19:07:58] <fjp> joeyh: Do you know where to look for this? [19:08:11] <fjp> Reassign the bug to cdebconf? [19:08:28] <joeyh> - Remove code to reconfigure the language when SIGUSR1 is recieved. [19:08:29] <joeyh> This is now done when 'SET debconf/language' is used instead. [19:08:29] <joeyh> SIGUSR1 still saves the database to disk. [19:08:58] <joeyh> commands.c line 255 [19:09:31] <joeyh> priority also has a special case, [19:10:14] <joeyh> hmm, see in database.c line 236, it takes care of debconf/priority on load [19:10:20] <joeyh> so that points at how to fix it pretty easily I guess [19:10:25] <fjp> :-) [19:10:38] <fjp> This is cdebconf, right? [19:10:49] <joeyh> yes [19:11:11] <fjp> OK. I'll reassign the bug with some explanation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
