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Re: Bug#763127: UEFI corner case - installer booted in UEFI mode, existing system in BIOS mode



On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 07:50:38PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
>On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 06:14:30PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> That sounds better to me too, assuming we can sensibly do a question
>> at that point. Is that allowed? I honestly don't know... :-/
>
>While isinstallable scripts can talk to debconf, they should not ask
>questions, as main-menu will run the isinstallable script for a given
>package potentially many times.  Also, partman-efi isn't a main-menu
>item so any isinstallable script added to it will never be run.

Right. Thanks for warning before we spend too much time on that
option! :-/

So, back to other options I guess.

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
"Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten." -- Malcolm Ray


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