The debconf preseeding support that I've added to d-i relies on d-i components not doing things with debconf that mae preseeding impossible. Please watch out for the following uses of debconf: - Reset before asking a question: db_reset some/question db_input high some/question db_go db_get some/question # Do something with $RET here Resetting the question clears the preseeded value and unsets the seen flag, which destroys any preseeded value. This can generally be changed to do the reset after asking the question, which will let the first ask of it be preseeded: db_input high some/question db_go db_get some/question # Do something with $RET here db_reset some/question - Explicitly setting a question's answer before asking it: db_set some/question blah ... db_input high some/question This just wipes out any preseeded value. Generally this can be changed to set a good default in the templates file, and if necessary, reset the question after asking it. Another approach that works sometimes is to avoid setting the question if it already has a value or is already seen. - Unsetting seen flag. db_fset some/question seen false This is completly unnecessary, and it just makes preseeding not work. In the d-i environment, if you ask a question twice, the user will see it twice, without you needing to touch the seen flag. The only valid use of touching the seen flag is setting it to true, to prevent a question from being displayes, as preseeding and a few other places in d-i do. I've fixed some of the worst offenders and hopefully it will be possible to preseed all the questions asked in a standard install fairly soon. -- see shy jo
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