On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 05:58:31PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > - Preconfigure the packages we install > > Using two different approaches: (1) Load answers into the debconf > database before the packages are installed using some home-make > scripts, and (2) rewrite/replace configuration files using > cfengine at the end of the installation if the package is unable > to configure what we want using debconf. I'm fairly satisfied > with this solution, but am not sure if the method used to feed > the debconf database is the best available. I believe the best > option would be to extend all the packages we use to make it > possible to configure everything we need using debconf answers.
There is a package in Debian called dpsyco that is just for this kind of stuff. You create a package that you install and it sets things up for you. It has hooks for cfengine (I have never used them though so I do not know if they work properly. I use them to configure my servers. Regards, // Ola -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / ---------------------------------------------------------------