On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 03:59:35PM +0000, Alex Gonzalez wrote: > Back to my first problem, debconf doesn't reconfigure itself after the > purge. Here is the sequence of events, > > > pvalex:~# debconf-show pvrfs > * pvrfs/partition: /dev/hda2 > pvalex:~# apt-get --purge remove pvrfs > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED > pvrfs* > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B of archives. > After unpacking 32.9MB disk space will be freed. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y > (Reading database ... 11683 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing pvrfs ... > Purging configuration files for pvrfs ... > debconf (developer): frontend started
what frontend have you selected? > debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is pvrfs > debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/pvrfs.postrm purge > debconf (developer): <-- PURGE > debconf (developer): --> 0 > pvalex:~# debconf-show pvrfs > pvalex:~# > pvalex:~# apt-get install pvrfs > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > The following NEW packages will be installed > pvrfs > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B/32.5MB of archives. > After unpacking 32.9MB of additional disk space will be used. > WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! > pvrfs > Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y > Preconfiguring packages ... > debconf (developer): starting /tmp/pvrfs.config.112521 configure > debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high pvrfs/partition > debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped > debconf (developer): <-- GO > debconf (developer): --> 0 ok > Selecting previously deselected package pvrfs. > (Reading database ... 11676 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking pvrfs (from .../archives/pvrfs_0.1-75_mips.deb) ... > Setting up pvrfs (0.1-75) ... > debconf (developer): frontend started > debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is pvrfs > debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/pvrfs.config configure > debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high pvrfs/partition > debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped > debconf (developer): <-- GO > debconf (developer): --> 0 ok > debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/pvrfs.postinst configure > debconf (developer): <-- GET pvrfs/partition > debconf (developer): --> 0 /dev/hda2 > debconf (developer): <-- STOP > > Am I confused or would it be logical for debconf to reconfigure > instead of saying > > debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped ? It would be logical unless you've told debconf to not bother asking questions. Have you set it to use the non-interactive front end? dpkg-reconfigure debconf ( maybe with -plow ) A
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