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Re: packages that are touching /srv?



On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 15:23:17 -0600, Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
wrote:
>FWIW, at $DAYJOB, our stance is to accept all debconf defaults (e.g. use
>"hit enter at every prompt" or use noninteractive mode) and then
>configure after / on top of that (via debconf or not). So to me, in
>practice, debconf defaulting to /srv/tftp is the same as not having a
>debconf prompt and making it a fixed default. I understand that's not
>the same in theory, where a reasonable argument can be made that the
>admin accepting the debconf prompt is giving their permission.

That's a local and valid decision of $DAYJOB, which includes accepting
the results. Preseeding could be an option to override the debconf
default for a noninteractive install.

Greetings
Marc
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