Bug#698626: Fwd: Bug#698626: Preseeding netcfg/enable doesn't work

[Stefan Kisdaroczi <kisda@hispeed.ch>]

2013/2/8 Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org>:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:21:24AM +0100, Stefan Kisdaroczi wrote:
>> I preseed the installer with "d-i netcfg/enable boolean false".
>>
>> netcfg 1.103 ignores it at two places and writes the file
>> /etc/network/interfaces.
>> The second write in finish-install.d/55netcfg-copy-config overwrites
>> my own interface config.
>
> Where is that config coming from?

My own package.

> Because base-installer.d/40netcfg will create
> a loopback-only /etc/network/interfaces in the installer environment and then
> copy it to the target unconditionally. So you're mainly annoyed that another
> copy is done in finish-install after you did your manual changes to the
> target environment?

Exactly.

> From which I conclude that the initial copy is ok for you?

Yes.
I still think it's a bug, but it does not hurt...

thank you

Regards Stefan