Re: How to apt-get from preseed/late_command?

[Josef Wolf <jw@raven.inka.de>]

On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 03:51:55PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:

Thanks for the answer, Joey!

> Josef Wolf wrote:
> > I'd like to "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" from preseed/late_command
> > causing the first reboot to come up with updated kernel/modules.  So I
> > put this (splitted and commented for readability) into my seed file:
> > 
> >   d-i preseed/late_command string \
> >     cp /cdrom/preseed/postinstall.sh /target; \
> >     ln -s /postinstall.sh /target/etc/rcS.d/S98postinstall; \
> >     chroot /target apt-get --yes --force-yes -q update; \
> >     chroot /target apt-get --yes --force-yes -q upgrade; \
> >     echo press ENTER; read a
> > 
> > But for some reason, apt-get just hangs.  How can I find out the reason
> > why it hangs?  Any ideas?
>  
> Have you checked the syslog?

There's nothing suspicous in there.

> The 'read a' will certianly hang, since stdin in not connected to
> something a user can press enter at.

The "read a" is there only for debugging to give me a chance to inspect
the situation.  I've checked with "ps ax" that it is _really_ apt-get
hanging.

> You might have more luck using the in-target command to run your apt-get
> in /target in an environment better tuned for package installation.

I will try that.  How do I use it?  Something like

  in-target apt-get --yes --force-yes -q update

?

> > BTW: Is there any reason that automatic update/upgrade at the end of the
> >      install is not done in the official distribution?
> 
> Because an upgrade process is generally much less constrained than an
> initial install in terms of what can possibly go wrong. There can be
> config file modification prompts (due to bugs in packages mostly), and
> lots of other potential for stuff that wouldn't happen during an
> install.

Does that mean that it is a bad idea to do that from late_command?