Bug#281530: [s390] Installation successful, some issues
reassign 281530 network-console
retitle 281530 Using network-console can lead to cdebconf db corruption
severity 281530 minor
thanks
The issues below are a summary of a problem signalled earlier in the BR
with some additional comments after discussion on #d-boot.
General issue
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There are several problems that can arise with regard to the cdebconf
database if more than one debian-installer session is open.
It appears this has not yet been recognized up till now.
network-console, and maybe the main debian-installer process should take
these potentian problems into account.
Either they should prevent switching from one process to another by making
sure only one process is active at a time, or they should implement some
kind of locking or synchronization mechanism.
At the very least network-console should warn about this issue, maybe by
displaying an extra dialog from which the user can only exit to the menu
(by using <go back>).
Specific issue
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Currently, most users will leave the original console at the dialog where
the SSH key is displayed. This means that the network-console process is
not yet completed and any changes will not yet have been written to the
cdebconf database.
This means that the database that is read when the user starts his
installation session over SSH will not yet have the changes from
network-console (is not up-to-date).
Also, at high priority, using <enter> from the last (SSH key) dialog on
the original console should probably not result in the next installation
step being executed automatically.
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