Bug#552563: auto-create preseed.cfg file

[Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>]

On Tuesday 27 October 2009, martin f krafft wrote:
> Since debconf-get-selections is not the appropriate way to create
> preseed.cfg files, but d-i should know what keys to save (or not to
> save), why not extend d-i so that it automatically drops
> a preseed.cfg file into /root (next to the installation-report
> template), just in case the user is interested or would like to use
> that file?

Nice idea, but it's not as simple as it may seem IMHO.

Best procedure is still to take the example preseed file as starting point 
and modify that based using actual values from debconf-get-selections.

Cheers,
FJP