Re: Preseeding and debconf
OoO En cette soirée bien amorcée du samedi 06 janvier 2007, vers 22:40, Petter Reinholdtsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] disait: Should I fill bug against ssmtp as well or is this behaviour considered correct ? This behaviour is correct. The configuration in files on disk is authorative. The debconf values are only used and should only be used if there are no config values in files on disk. This is so to make sure it work to edit the files on disk and that upgrading the package does not change the configuration to use the debconf values. So preseeding only work if it is used pre-installation, and not to reconfigure after the installation. You might work around this by modifying the debconf settings, but you need to be careful to get it right. OK, I close the bug I opened about it then. Thanks. -- BOFH excuse #235: The new frame relay network hasn't bedded down the software loop transmitter yet. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Preseeding and debconf
Hi ! I am using preseeding to configure quickly a package : - debconf-get-selections | grep ^packagename - debconf-set-selections file.seeds - dpkg-reconfigure -pcritical -fnoninteractive packagename This works with most packages. I have recently filled a bug against ocfs2-tools (#404877) because this package parses /etc/default/o2cb instead of using debconf database. This means that my changes are erased when using dpkg-reconfigure. I have found the same bug in ssmtp. In those cases, debconf becomes useless because it is used only for the first configuration. For reconfiguration, the configuration file superseeds what is in debconf database. Should I fill bug against ssmtp as well or is this behaviour considered correct ? -- Don't stop with your first draft. - The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan Plauger) pgpuNJZQAtxZO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Preseeding and debconf
Hi ! I am using preseeding to configure quickly a package : - debconf-get-selections | grep ^packagename - debconf-set-selections file.seeds - dpkg-reconfigure -pcritical -fnoninteractive packagename This works with most packages. I have recently filled a bug against ocfs2-tools (#404877) because this package parses /etc/default/o2cb instead of using debconf database. This means that my changes are erased when using dpkg-reconfigure. I have found the same bug in ssmtp. In those cases, debconf becomes useless because it is used only for the first configuration. For reconfiguration, the configuration file superseeds what is in debconf database. Should I fill bug against ssmtp as well or is this behaviour considered correct ? -- Don't stop with your first draft. - The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan Plauger) pgpU9Q0fuV0QK.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Preseeding and debconf
[Vincent Bernat] Should I fill bug against ssmtp as well or is this behaviour considered correct ? This behaviour is correct. The configuration in files on disk is authorative. The debconf values are only used and should only be used if there are no config values in files on disk. This is so to make sure it work to edit the files on disk and that upgrading the package does not change the configuration to use the debconf values. So preseeding only work if it is used pre-installation, and not to reconfigure after the installation. You might work around this by modifying the debconf settings, but you need to be careful to get it right. Friendly, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
