Bug#277356: marked as done (base-config: apt-setup loops in the mirror_dir function)
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From: Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>
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Subject: base-config: apt-setup loops in the mirror_dir function
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Package: base-config
Version: 2.48
Severity: important
This was found by testing a semi-automated install with yesterday's
(20041018) sid_d-i businesscard image.
The kernel command line prompt was:
append initrd=24-i386.gz ramdisk_size=16384 devfs=mount,dall root=/dev/rd/0 init=/linuxrc rw preseed/url=http://192.168.7.1/~bubulle/preseed/unstable-o.cfg
The unstable-o preseed file is at the end of this mail.
(testing needs changing the proxy setting)
The language was *Arabic*, the country was the default one (Egypt) and the
keyboard was fr-latin9 (not easy to choose in Arabic..:-)
In 2nd stage it finally appears that apt-setup is "hanged" and the culprit
is a "perl -ne BEGIN { $/="\n\n"; $type=shift....." process which belongs
to the mirror_dir function.
/etc/apt/sources.list contains:
#deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian sid main
#### Modifying syslinux.cfg.
# Edit the syslinux.cfg (or similar) file, and add parameters to the end
# of the append line(s) for the kernel.
#
# You'll at least want to add a parameter telling the installer where to
# get its preseed file from.
# If you're installing from USB media, use this, and put the preseed file
# in the toplevel directory of the USB stick.
# preseed/file=/hd-media/preseed
# If you're netbooting, use this instead:
# preseed/url=http://host/path/to/preseed
# If you're remastering a CD, you could use this:
# preseed/file=/cdrom/preseed
# Be sure to copy this file to the location you specify.
#
# While you're at it, you may want to throw a debconf/priority=critical in
# there, to avoid most questions even if the preseeding below misses some.
# And you might set the timeout to 1 in syslinux.cfg to avoid needing to hit
# enter to boot the installer.
#
# Language, country, and keyboard selection cannot be preseeded from a file,
# because the questions are asked before the preseed file can be loaded.
# Instead, to avoid these questions, pass some more parameters to the kernel:
#
# languagechooser/language-name=English
# countrychooser/shortlist=US
# console-keymaps-at/keymap=us
#### Shell commands.
# d-i preseeding is inherently not secure. Nothing in the installer checks
# for attempts at buffer overflows or other exploits of the values of a
# preseed file like this one. Only use preseed files from trusted
# locations! To drive that home, and because it's generally useful, here's
# a way to run any shell command you'd like inside the installer,
# automatically.
# This first command is run as early as possible, just after
# preseeding is read.
#d-i preseed/early_command string wget http://url/to/my.udeb -O /tmp/my.udeb ; udpkg -i /tmp/my.udeb
# This command is run just before the install finishes, but when there is
# still a usable /target directory.
#d-i preseed/late_command string for deb in /hd-media/*.deb; do cp $deb /target/tmp; chroot /target dpkg -i /tmp/$(basename $deb); done
# This command is run just as base-config is starting up.
#base-config base-config/early_command string echo hi mom
# This command is run after base-config is done, just before the login:
# prompt. This is a good way to install a set of packages you want, or to
# tweak the configuration of the system.
#base-config base-config/late_command string apt-get install zsh; chsh -s /bin/zsh
#### Network configuration.
# Of course, this won't work if you're loading your preseed file from the
# network! But it's great if you're booting from CD or USB stick. You can
# also pass network config parameters in on the kernel params if you are
# loading preseed files from the network.
# netcfg will choose an interface that has link if possible. This makes it
# skip displaying a list if there is more than one interface.
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
# If you prefer to configure the network manually, here's how:
#d-i netcfg/disable_dhcp boolean true
#d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 192.168.1.1
#d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.168.1.42
#d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 255.255.255.0
#d-i netcfg/get_gateway string 192.168.1.1
#d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean true
# Note that any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take
# precidence over values set here. However, setting the values still
# prevents the questions from being shown even if values come from dhcp.
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
# Disable that annoying WEP key dialog.
d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
# The wacky dhcp hostname that some ISPs use as a password of sorts.
#d-i netcfg/dhcp_hostname string radish
#### Mirror settings.
d-i mirror/country string enter information manually
d-i mirror/http/hostname string ftp.fr.debian.org
d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian
d-i mirror/suite string unstable
d-i mirror/http/proxy string http://proxy.onera:80/
### Partitioning.
# If the system has free space you can choose to only partition that space.
#d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select Use the largest continuous free space
# Alternatively, you can specify a disk to partition. The device name can
# be given in either devfs or traditional non-devfs format.
# For example, to use the first disk devfs knows of:
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/discs/disc0/disc
# You can choose from any of the predefined partitioning recipes:
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select All files in one partition (recommended for new users)
#d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select Desktop machine
#d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select Multi-user workstation
# Or provide a recipe of your own...
# The recipe format is documented in the file devel/partman-auto-recipe.txt.
# If you have a way to get a recipe file into the d-i environment, you can
# just point at it.
#d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe_file string /hd-media/recipe
# If not, you can put an entire recipe in one line. This example creates
# a small /boot partition, suitable swap, and uses the rest of the space
# for the root partition:
#d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string boot-root :: 20 50 100 ext3 $primary{ } $bootable{ } method{ format } format{ } use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } mountpoint{ /boot } . 500 10000 1000000000 ext3 method{ format } format{ } use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } mountpoint{ / } . 64 512 300% linux-swap method{ swap } format{ } .
# For reference, here is that same recipe in a more readable form:
# boot-root ::
# 40 50 100 ext3
# $primary{ } $bootable{ }
# method{ format } format{ }
# use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }
# mountpoint{ /boot }
# .
# 500 10000 1000000000 ext3
# method{ format } format{ }
# use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }
# mountpoint{ / }
# .
# 64 512 300% linux-swap
# method{ swap } format{ }
# .
# This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation.
d-i partman/choose_partition select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
#### Boot loader installation.
# Grub is the default boot loader (for x86). If you want lilo installed
# instead, uncomment this:
#d-i grub-installer/skip boolean true
# This is fairly safe to set, it makes grub install automatically to the MBR
# if no other operating system is detected on the machine.
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
# This one makes grub-installer install to the MBR if if finds some other OS
# too, which is less safe as it might not be able to boot that other OS.
d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true
# Alternatively, if you want to install to a location other than the mbr,
# uncomment and edit these lines:
#d-i grub-installer/bootdev string (hd0,0)
#d-i grub-installer/only-debian boolean false
#d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean false
##### Finishing up the first stage install.
# Avoid that last message about the install being complete.
d-i prebaseconfig/reboot_in_progress note
##### Preseeding base-config.
# XXX: Note that most of this will not work right until base-config 2.40.4
# is available.
# Avoid the intorductory message.
base-config base-config/intro note
# Avoid the final message.
base-config base-config/login note
# If you installed a display manager, but don't want to start it immediately
# after base-config finishes.
#base-config base-config/start-display-manager boolean false
###### Time zone setup.
# Controls whether or not the hardware clock is set to GMT.
base-config tzconfig/gmt boolean true
# If you told the installer that you're in the United States, then you
# can set the time zone using this variable.
# (Choices are: Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaska, Hawaii,
# Aleutian, Arizona East-Indiana, Indiana-Starke, Michigan, Samoa, other)
base-config tzconfig/choose_country_zone/US select Eastern
# If you told it you're in Canada.
# (Choices are: Newfoundland, Atlantic, Eastern, Central,
# East-Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Mountain, Pacific, Yukon, other)
base-config tzconfig/choose_country_zone/CA select Eastern
# If you told it you're in Brazil. (Choices are: East, West, Acre,
# DeNoronha, other)
base-config tzconfig/choose_country_zone/BR select East
# Many countries have only one time zone. If you told the installer you're
# in one of those countries, you can choose its standard time zone via this
# question.
base-config tzconfig/choose_country_zone_single boolean true
# This question is asked as a fallback for countries other than those
# listed above, which have more than one time zone. You can preseed one of
# the time zones, or "other".
#base-config tzconfig/choose_country_zone_multiple select
###### Account setup.
# To preseed the root password, you have to put it in the clear in this
# file. That is not a very good idea, use caution!
# (XXX: In fact, this won't work, because passwd clears the settings
# before asking for a root password. This may not be fixed before the sarge
# release, if it's fixed at all.)
passwd passwd/root-password password costa6203
passwd passwd/root-password-again password costa6203
# If you want to skip creation of a normal user account.
#passwd passwd/make-user boolean false
# Alternatively, you can preseed the user's name. Note that the username
# will be derived from this; it cannot be overridden currently. The
# username will be the (lowercase) first name of the full name.
passwd passwd/user-fullname string Christian Perrier
passwd passwd/username string bubulle
# And their password, but use caution!
passwd passwd/user-password password pic889
passwd passwd/user-password-again password pic889
###### Apt setup.
# This question controls what source the second stage installation uses
# for packages. Choices are cdrom, http, ftp, filesystem, edit sources list
# by hand
base-config apt-setup/uri_type select http
# If you choose ftp or http, you'll be asked for a country and a mirror.
base-config apt-setup/country select enter information manually
base-config apt-setup/hostname string http.us.debian.org
base-config apt-setup/directory string /debian
# Stop after choosing one mirror.
base-config apt-setup/another boolean false
# You can choose to install non-free and contrib software.
#base-config apt-setup/non-free boolean true
#base-config apt-setup/contrib boolean true
# Do enable security updates.
base-config apt-setup/security-updates boolean true
###### Package selection.
# You can choose to install any combination of tasks that are available.
# Available tasks as of this writing include: Desktop environment,
# Web server, Print server, DNS server, File server, Mail server,
# SQL database, manual package selection. The last of those will run
# aptitude. You can also choose to install no tasks, and force the
# installation of a set of packages in some other way.
# XXX: this will not work until tasksel 2.12 is available
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect Desktop environment
#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect Web server, Mail server, DNS server
###### Mailer configuration.
# During a normal install, exim asks only two questions. Here's how to
# avoid even those. More complicated preseeding is possible.
exim4-config exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype select no configuration at this time
# It's a good idea to set this to whatever user account you choose to
# create. Leaving the value blank results in postmaster mail going to
# /var/mail/mail.
exim4-config exim4/dc_postmaster string
###### X Configuration.
# Preseeding Debian's X config is possible, but you probably need to know
# some details about the video hardware of the machine, since Debian's X
# configurator does not do fully automatic configuration of everything.
# X can detect the right driver for some cards, but if you're preseeding,
# you override whatever it chooses. Still, vesa will work most places.
#xserver-xfree86 xserver-xfree86/config/device/driver select vesa
# A caveat with mouse autodetection is that if it fails, X will retry it
# over and over. So if it's preseeded to be done, there is a possibility of
# an infinite loop if the mouse is not autodetected.
#xserver-xfree86 xserver-xfree86/autodetect_mouse boolean true
# Monitor autodetection is recommended.
xserver-xfree86 xserver-xfree86/autodetect_monitor boolean true
# Uncomment if you have a LCD display.
#xserver-xfree86 xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/lcd boolean true
# X has three configuration paths for the monitor. Here's how to preseed
# the "medium" path, which is always available. The "simple" path may not
# be available, and the "advanced" path asks too many questions.
xserver-xfree86 xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method select medium
xserver-xfree86 xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/mode-list select 1024x768 @ 60 Hz
###### Everything else.
# Depending on what software you choose to install, or if things go wrong
# during the installation process, it's possible that other questions may
# be asked. You can preseed those too, of course. To get a list of every
# possible question that could be asked during an install, do an
# installation, and then run these commands:
# debconf-get-selections --installer > file
# debconf-get-selections >> file
# If you like, you can include other preseed files into this one.
# Any settings in those files will override pre-existing settings from this
# file. More that one file can be listed, separated by spaces; all will be
# loaded. The included files can have preseed/include directives of their
# own as well. Note that if the filenames are relative, they are taken from
# the same directory as the preseed file that includes them.
#d-i preseed/include string x.cfg
# More flexably, this runs a shell command and if it outputs the names of
# preseed files, includes those files. For example, to switch configs based
# on a particular usb storage device (in this case, a built-in card reader):
#d-i preseed/include_command string if $(grep -q "GUID: 0aec3050aec305000001a003" /proc/scsi/usb-storage-*/*); then echo kraken.cfg; else echo otherusb.cfg; fi
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF-8)
Versions of packages base-config depends on:
ii adduser 3.59 Add and remove users and groups
ii apt 0.5.27 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii bsdutils 1:2.12-10 Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
ii console-data 2002.12.04dbs-46 Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fall
ii console-tools 1:0.2.3dbs-55 Linux console and font utilities
ii debconf 1.4.39 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.10.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii gettext-base 0.14.1-5 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii passwd 1:4.0.3-30.2 Change and administer password and
-- debconf information excluded
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From: Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>
To: 277356-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: The bug was a whiptail crash probably and is away
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Joey analysis was probably right. A fixed whiptail is now in testing
and the loop I encountered did not happen again in the same
situation. Hence closing...
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