Re: question re netcfg/dhcp_timeout

[Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>]

On Friday 06 November 2009, Vincent McIntyre wrote:
> I noticed a small discrepancy in the type for this question.
>
> packages/netcfg/debian/netcfg-dhcp.template says:
>    Template: netcfg/dhcp_timeout
>    Type: text
>    Description: for internal use; can be preseeded
>     Timeout for trying DHCP
>    Default: 15
>
> but the documentation[1] says:
>
>    # If you have a slow dhcp server and the installer times out waiting
> for # it, this might be useful.
>    #d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 60
>
> Is the difference between text and string significant to 'd-i'?
> I notice localechooser uses 'Type: string' in some places and
> 'text' in others.

The template should be type string, but apparently cdebconf does not go 
crazy over it being incorrect. I've corrected it in SVN. Thanks.

Cheers,
FJP