Re: netcfg questions not asked with priority=critical. HD partition recipe.

[Regid Ichira <regid23@nt1.in>]

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 05:59:54PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Regid Ichira, le Fri 12 Apr 2013 19:03:37 +0300, a ?crit :
> > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 01:06:46PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > > Regid Ichira, le Mon 08 Apr 2013 05:00:40 +0300, a ?crit :
> > > > 2. Even though the dhcp server is supplying a host name, and the
> > > >    preseeding file has a 
> > > > 
> > > >        d-i netcfg/get_hostname string hostname
> > > > 
> > > >    set, the installer insists to ask the hostname question.  
> > > >    example-preseed.txt claims that 
> > > > 
> > > >        # Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take
> > > >          precedence over
> > > >        # values set here. However, setting the values still
> > > >          prevents the questions
> > > >        # from being shown, even if values come from dhcp.
> > > > 
> > > >    I also have 
> > > > 
> > > >        d-i netcfg/get_domain string domain
> > > > 
> > > >    set.  I did tried to run the installer many times.  I am not
> > > >    sure by what rule it ask the question about the domain, or not.
> > > >    In contrast to the hostname question, the behaviour is not
> > > >    consistent.
> > > 
> > > I've tried putting
> > > 
> > > d-i netcfg/get_hostname string foo
> > > d-i netcfg/get_domain string bar
> > > 
> > > into preseed.cfg and preseed that, the questions were not asked at all.
> > > The domain question is probably asked depending whether dhcp provides a
> > > domain name or not.
> > 
> >   dhcp provides both host and domain names.
> > The questions were asked when priority was not set.  They are not
> > asked with priority=critical.  I hope this is the intended behavior.
> 
> I guess that's the expected behavior, yes: unless preseeded by the user,
> the question will be asked, even if a value is gotten by dhcp.
> 
> What is still unresolved here, however, is that you said that your
> preseeding file had a get_hostname entry but you say the installer
> insisted on asking the hostname question. I can't reproduce that part.
> 

  I wasn't phrasing well enough:

1. With all the following conditions:
   1.1 auto=true
   1.2 no priority defined by me
   1.3 dhcp server supplies the host and domain names
   1.4 d-i netcfg/get_hostname string foo and 
       d-i netcfg/get_domain string bar
       are set in the preseeded file.
   the netcfg settings had no effect.  I was asked to confirm the 
   host and domain names supplied by the dhcp server.

2. Setting priority=critical, and everything else is like in 1, made
   the verfication questions disappear.