Bug#497285: not possible to preseed that no gatway should be used?

2008-09-08 Thread Jérémy Bobbio
On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 07:39:04PM +0300, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Jérémy Bobbio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-09-01 13:58]: > > If this makes easier to support NAS devices, I think it should go in. > > Might worth another line on the preseeding appendix as well. > > > > JFTR: "ptr" should probably

Bug#497285: not possible to preseed that no gatway should be used?

2008-08-31 Thread Martin Michlmayr
Package: netcfg It seems it's not possible to tell netcfg via preseeding that no gateway should be used. I thought this was possible but I cannot figure out how and the code suggests that it's not possible. joeyh made the following change in 2005 to allow preseeding: Index: static.c ===

Bug#497285: not possible to preseed that no gatway should be used?

2008-08-31 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 31 August 2008, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > This sets netcfg/get_gateway to the calculated gateway if > netcfg/get_gateway is empty. So when you preseed an empty value, the > calculated gateway will be used. > > Wouldn't it make sense to check if the seen flag is set? That would conflict

Bug#497285: not possible to preseed that no gatway should be used?

2008-08-31 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-08-31 17:09]: > > Wouldn't it make sense to check if the seen flag is set? > > That would conflict with the option to preseed a value but still > have the question asked. Having a question preseeded does NOT > automatically mean that the seen flag is set. Hav

Bug#497285: not possible to preseed that no gatway should be used?

2008-08-31 Thread Martin Michlmayr
I think it's as simple as this. Would this be acceptable for lenny? Index: static.c === --- static.c(revision 55364) +++ static.c(working copy) @@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ debconf_get(client, "netcfg/get_gateway");

Bug#497285: not possible to preseed that no gatway should be used?

2008-09-01 Thread Jérémy Bobbio
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 07:08:51PM +0300, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I think it's as simple as this. Would this be acceptable for lenny? > > Index: static.c > === > --- static.c (revision 55364) > +++ static.c (working copy) > @@ -1

Bug#497285: not possible to preseed that no gatway should be used?

2008-09-06 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Jérémy Bobbio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-09-01 13:58]: > If this makes easier to support NAS devices, I think it should go in. > Might worth another line on the preseeding appendix as well. > > JFTR: "ptr" should probably be used as first argument of strcmp(). You're right. How about the patche

Bug#497285: not possible to preseed that no gatway should be used?

2008-09-06 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 06 September 2008, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > netcfg will choose +an appropriate address (the > .1 address of your network) +if > netcfg/get_gateway is not set. IIRC the actual logic is a bit more complex than that depending on the netmask. In most cases it will result in .1, but not i

Bug#497285: not possible to preseed that no gatway should be used?

2008-09-06 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-09-06 19:03]: > On Saturday 06 September 2008, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > netcfg will choose +an appropriate address (the > > .1 address of your network) +if > > netcfg/get_gateway is not set. > > IIRC the actual logic is a bit more complex than that dependin

Bug#497285: not possible to preseed that no gatway should be used?

2008-09-06 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-09-06 21:01]: > Ok, I'll remove that part of the text. i.e. Index: appendix/preseed.xml === --- appendix/preseed.xml(revision 55630) +++ appendix/preseed.xml(working copy)