Bug#838948: [patch] preseed appendix of d-i manual: use_autoconfig
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Hi,
Vincent McIntyre <vincent.mcintyre@csiro.au> wrote (Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:38:03 +1000):
> For some years the disable_autoconfig preseed has been shown
> in the appendix on preseeding. However setting that just sets
> use_autoconfig appropriately. Yet use_autoconfig is not even
> mentioned in the appendix, ever.
>
> There might be something I'm missing here, such as disable_autoconfig
> is the only thing that works if you pass it on the boot command line.
> I might also be misinterpreting 'manual configuration' as meaning
> 'set up an "iface ethX inet static" stanza in /etc/network/interfaces'.
>
> If not, is it time to start deprecating use of disable_auotconfig?
> I realise it was needed in the past but the code has been fixed.
>
> --- preseed.xml (revision 70296)
> +++ preseed.xml (working copy)
> @@ -882,6 +882,10 @@
>
> # If you prefer to configure the network manually, uncomment this line and
> # the static network configuration below.
> +#d-i netcfg/use_autoconfig boolean false
> +
> +# The following also forces manual configuration, but is deprecated
> +# for end user preseed files. It will set use_autoconfig to false.
> #d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true
Setting "d-i netcfg/use_autoconfig boolean false" in the script without
having "d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true" at the same time
has no effect.
(use_autoconfig is set back to true in that case.)
This is the expected behavior apparently.
So, setting "d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true" is the only
possible way, to disable DHCP completely, and we cannot deprecate it.
And having "d-i netcfg/use_autoconfig boolean true" in the script is
not necessary, because it defaults to true anyway.
So there is nothing wrong in the manual.
(I have added a line to preseed.xml, that automatic network config is
the default BTW.)
Holger
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