On Friday, November 23, 2012 11:05:42 PM Glenn Park wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Scott Kitterman <post...@kitterman.com> wrote: > > On Friday, November 23, 2012 09:29:08 PM Glenn Park wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Scott Kitterman <post...@kitterman.com> > > > > wrote: > >> > On Friday, November 23, 2012 07:55:57 PM Glenn Park wrote: > >> >> Hello, > >> >> > >> >> When I install Postfix using aptitude on a fresh Debian system, an > >> >> interactive GUI comes up asking me how it wants me to configure > >> >> postfix. I'd like to suppress this interface and make it default to > >> >> "No configuration" (I am automating the installation and have my own > >> >> configuration files, thank you). However I can find nothing > >> >> documented that allows me to do this. Can anyone help? > >> > > >> > There are some assumptions built into the way the postfix packaging > >> > interact with debconf that make this a risky thing to do. See (Debian > >> > and Ubuntu are the same in this regard): > >> > > >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postfix/+bug/1027061 > >> > >> Pardon my lack of understanding here (I did read that whole > >> conversation), but I'm a little hazy on what the problem is. What's > >> the difference between giving a "No Configuration" answer ahead of > >> time/by default and doing it with the GUI that is presented? But are > >> you saying that it's impossible to suppress anyway? > >> > >> Rather, you seem to be suggesting that upon update, we may see our > >> configuration changed out from under us? We are not using puppet or > >> anything like that. Config is by hand. > > > > Yes. The postfix package is designed to be configured by the debconf > > (Debian Configuration) system. If, in the internal status of the debconf > > system, postfix is marked as "No configuration" via there being no status > > entry, so there's currently no way to distinguish between "desired > > configuration is 'No configuration'" and "Don't do anything, something > > else will handle it." > > > > I have not had time to research this issue. I expect it's reasonably > > tractable to fix, but I don't know when I'll be able to get to it. > > > > What I usually do is pick "Internet site" and then modify things from > > there. If you do that once, even if you copy your config files over the > > provided ones, you won't have to worry about your changes getting > > reverted. > > Woa, wait, so even if I choose "No configuration" in the GUI, my > config may be overwritten? > > If I have to choose "Internet site" in order to be able to put my own > config files in place (and not have them overwritten), that's fine. > But my question is how I can do that unattended?
I believe you can do this using preseeding. Preseeding is discussed in the context of a new system installation here: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed Scott K
