Bug#219888: anna: Give the user full control of modules to be installed

[Jeremie Koenig <sprite@sprite.fr.eu.org>]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 06:34:08PM +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> Having more choices in a select list at lower priority seems like a
> natural extension of the debconf priority concept to me.

You're right. I was just nitpicking about the technical mean...

(snip.)
> >     - It's quite hard to write a long description for
> >       anna/choose-modules which works in both cases.
> ACK.

So we're going to have two templates anyway. This fixes the warning
problem, too.

> >     - We shouldn't break automatic installs, when the debconf DB already
> >       has values.
> I don't see how my suggestion would break automatic installs. Just
> prefill the value of anna/choose_modules and set the question to seen
> and you should have full control over which udebs get installed.

If one launches an automatic installs at priority=critical, anna won't
include preselected modules in the question, and keep them at
di_package_status_want_install, and won't consider their removal from
the list. That's what the unshown question workaround is for.

BTW, anna does :

    debconf_fset(debconf, ANNA_CHOOSE_MODULES, "seen", "false");

before the question is asked. I think there are other instances of this.
Maybe this sould be moved after we input the question ?

> This would also be possible, but I don't see why it should be needed. If
> you prefer to do it that why,

Yes ;-)

> I don't object

Good :-)

> > BTW: can I use a substitution for the Default: field, rather than
> > setting the value before the qustion is shown ?
> I don't know.

I'll try and see, so we don't need a "seen" test not to overwrite
prefilled values.

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Jeremie Koenig <sprite@sprite.fr.eu.org>