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Re: debconf/frontend versus DEBIAN_FRONTEND



Am Sa, 25. Sep 2004, 18:57:59 +0200 schrieb Jö Fahlke:
> I'll try to prepare a patch doing just that.

Here it is.  It is a simple s,debconf/frontend,DEBIAN_FRONTEND, on
installer/doc/manual/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml.  All other
occurences either turn out to be something like
/usr/lib/debconf/frontend or are in the source of cdebconf itself.

What do I do about translations?  Leave it to the translators?

Jö.

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Index: installer/doc/manual/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml
===================================================================
--- installer/doc/manual/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml	(revision 22051)
+++ installer/doc/manual/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml	(working copy)
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 
 
 <varlistentry>
-<term>debconf/frontend</term>
+<term>DEBIAN_FRONTEND</term>
 <listitem><para>
 
 This boot parameter controls the type of user interface used for the
@@ -114,26 +114,26 @@
 
 <itemizedlist>
 <listitem>
-<para><userinput>debconf/frontend=noninteractive</userinput></para>
+<para><userinput>DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive</userinput></para>
 </listitem><listitem>
-<para><userinput>debconf/frontend=text</userinput></para>
+<para><userinput>DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text</userinput></para>
 </listitem><listitem>
-<para><userinput>debconf/frontend=newt</userinput></para>
+<para><userinput>DEBIAN_FRONTEND=newt</userinput></para>
 </listitem><listitem>
-<para><userinput>debconf/frontend=slang</userinput></para>
+<para><userinput>DEBIAN_FRONTEND=slang</userinput></para>
 </listitem><listitem>
-<para><userinput>debconf/frontend=ncurses</userinput></para>
+<para><userinput>DEBIAN_FRONTEND=ncurses</userinput></para>
 </listitem><listitem>
-<para><userinput>debconf/frontend=bogl</userinput></para>
+<para><userinput>DEBIAN_FRONTEND=bogl</userinput></para>
 </listitem><listitem>
-<para><userinput>debconf/frontend=gtk</userinput></para>
+<para><userinput>DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gtk</userinput></para>
 </listitem><listitem>
-<para><userinput>debconf/frontend=corba</userinput></para>
+<para><userinput>DEBIAN_FRONTEND=corba</userinput></para>
 </listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
-The default front end is <userinput>debconf/frontend=newt</userinput>.
-<userinput>debconf/frontend=text</userinput> may be preferable for
+The default front end is <userinput>DEBIAN_FRONTEND=newt</userinput>.
+<userinput>DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text</userinput> may be preferable for
 serial console installs. Generally only the
 <userinput>newt</userinput> frontend is available on default install
 media, so this is not very useful right now.

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