Re: RFC: Acknowledge important stuff by pressing RET on install time.
On Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 11:31:19PM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 01:12:32PM -0700, jim@laney.edu wrote:
> > About not having to press enter during an install process...
> >
> > I like the idea as an admin... it lets me upgrade lots of machines at once.
> > I would add that configuration of packages can be handled by GNU expect or
> > some such equivalent for totally hands-free installs of debian from scratch,
> > something that an admin would majorly cherish.
>
> A suggestion... Howabout the messages of that type are simply collected
> into a file. When dpkg is done installing and configuring, apt or dselect
> or whatever decides what to do with the file. Simplest solution:
[...]
I like that. Even better would be to call that script for every package
that has to display "Very Important Information". The script may be
shipped in an essential package, and may read a config file to decide
what to do (newbie = stop, press <ENTER>, veteran = wait til dpkg finish
and display, veteran-with-mail = mail message to root).
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Enrique Zanardi ezanardi@ull.es
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