Re: Debian-installer export custom variable

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

On Thu 13 Dec 2012 at 20:39:17 +0000, Philip Hands wrote:

> P.S. It's about time I updated my d-i stuff for wheezy, so feel free to
> hassle me about things that don't work (patches appreciated :-)

The page at

   http://hands.com/d-i/

is linked to from

   http://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apbs02.html#preseed-auto

Part of http://hands.com/d-i/ has

       The features described depend on a new udeb called
       auto-install, . . . . .

but auto-install is no longer in the archives.

   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624719

I'm unsure what should replace the present statement but perhaps

       The features described depend on the preseed
       framework and are activated by setting . . . .

would do.

At present there is an disussion on -user about automated installation
and preseeding.

The subthread starts at

   http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/12/msg00587.html

One of the issues revolves round the documentation for auto mode in the
Guide. There are lines of the form

   auto url=http://192.168.1.2/path/to/mypreseed.file

and it is felt that "auto" is both unhelpful and misleading and should
be replaced by "auto=true". Considering the whole section is concerned
with an activated auto mode it would lead to a little less head
scratching and consternation when "auto" by itself is found to have no
effect.

   http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/12/msg00792.html

probably summarises the situation best. Would it please be possible to
consider changing the "auto url=" lines to "auto=true url=" or to accept
a patch doing so.

Regards,

Brian.