Bug#245337: marked as done (locales package does not seem to obay Debconf configuration)
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Subject: locales package does not seem to obay Debconf configuration
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Package: locales
Version: 2.3.2.ds1-11
Severity: normal
We are trying to set our office's locale settings by changing the debconf setting locales/locales_to_be_generated to be a properly formed list of locales that should be generated. However, the locales package ignores our settings, and overrides the selections in the actual multiselect combo box with the actual contents of /etc/locale.gen. This prevents usage of Debconf to properly configure these questions non-interactively.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (700, 'unstable'), (600, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.4
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
Versions of packages locales depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.22 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 [glibc-2.3.2.ds1-11] 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
-- debconf information:
* locales/default_environment_locale: en_US.UTF-8
* locales/locales_to_be_generated: en_US ISO-8859-1, en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
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From: GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>
To: Jerry Haltom <wasabi@larvalstage.net>,
barbier@linuxfr.org (Denis Barbier), 245337-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#245337: Processed: Re: Bug#245337 acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#245337: locales package does not seem to obay Debconf configuration)
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At Fri, 23 Apr 2004 23:53:52 +0200,
Denis Barbier wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 07:44:53PM -0500, Jerry Haltom wrote:
> > That's why in my message I described doing a diff
> > between /etc/locale.gen and /etc/locale.gen.orig or similar to determine
> > what was changed in /etc/locale.gen. Am I missing something?
> [...]
> an in the message sent to control@bugs.d.o
> > The way it is done currently is BUGGY, in my opinion. Local
> > configuration should be obeyed and preserved, but I also feel Debconf
> > configuration should be obeyed and preserved... if it's not, what's the
> > point of Debconf? It's not just a GUI.
>
> This is the so called "Debconf is not a registry" issue. It is
> discussed again on debian-devel, please give your opinions in
> this thread:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0404/msg01531.html
> Debian glibc maintainers follow what Debian developers currently
> consider as the best practices, so you should make your point there.
I close this bug because at least the current debcon is not a
registry. Jerry, if you think even it should be fixed, please propose
the alternative fix and reopen this bug.
Regards,
-- gotom
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