On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 12:30:49PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> > [Geert Stappers]
> > > The manual writes about bootparameter debconf/frontend=
> > > but that didn't make sense with cdebconf_udeb 0.70
> > >
> > > Adding DEBIAN_FRONTEND= did do what I wanted.
> >
> > I prefer DEBIAN_FRONTEND because it is the same as the parameter used
> > on the shell command line, and the traditional variable used and
> > documented all over the place.
>
> I prefer debconf/frontend because it's easier to type and because I
> often try to type DEBCONF_FRONTEND. Also for consistency with most of
> the other installer options. :-)
>
> Anyway, IIRC the reason debconf/frontend does not work is because of the
> following in rootskel/src/lib/debian-installer.d/S60frontend:
>
> if [ -z "$DEBIAN_FRONTEND" ] ; then
> for frontend in gtk newt slang text ; do
> if [ -e "/usr/lib/cdebconf/frontend/$frontend.so" ] ; then
> DEBIAN_FRONTEND=$frontend
> break
> fi
> done
> fi
> export DEBIAN_FRONTEND
Seems like something for the TODO list
--- installer/doc/TODO (revision 21886)
+++ installer/doc/TODO (working copy)
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
- gnome-cups-manager fix #271405 (ugly error on desktop install)
(fixed in 0.22-2, not yet in testing)
- support for root on raid
+ - debconf/frontend as documented, DEBIAN_FRONTEND is a workaround
This TODO list can only touch on some larger issues, but there are a great
>
> --
> see shy jo
Cheers
Geert Stappers
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