Re: How to preconfigure debconf values?

[Josef Wolf <jw@raven.inka.de>]

On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 01:26:40PM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
> Op 22-12-2007 om 12:19 schreef Josef Wolf:

> > That was almost straight-forward so far.  But now I'm somewhat stuck.
> > I'd like to preconfigure debconf.  Something like
> > 
> >   debconf-preconfigure time/zone Europe/Berlin
> >   apt-get install tzdata
> > 
> > But I just can't figure out from debconf documentation how to do that.
> > The closest I could find is dpkg-preconfigure.  But this requires to
> > download the packages before letting them to be preconfigured.  I'd
> > rather have something like the d-i preseed mechanism.
> > 
> > Any hints?
> 
>   echo 'tzdata time/zone Europe/Berlin' | \
>   sudo chroot etch/target debconf-set-selections           
>   apt-get install tzdata
> 
> Geert Stappers,
> just providing a hint (meaning it is not tested ... )

Thanks for the hint, Geert!

>From debconf-set-selections manpage I deduce that the correct format
would be

tzdata time/zone string Europe/Berlin

This seems to be correct, since debconf-get-selections returns this
value.  But it don't actually work.  The timezone is still not set
and "dpkg-reconfigure tzdata" still asks its questions.

What am I messing up here?

BTW: Maybe someone with commit access can add a reference to
debconf-set-selections into the "SEE ALSO" section of debconf's manpage?