Re: Preseeding Postfix for No configuration
Erik wrote:
> I am doing an unattended install of Debian Buster with postfix being
> added using apt-install in the preseed/late_command.
>
> Without a postfix preseed definition in my preeseed file, I get the expected
> question about what kind of mail configuration I would like.
> When I select "No configuration", installation continues as expected and I
> end up with a postfix installation without main.cf and without master.cf.
>
> But when I preseed postfix with "d-i postfix/main_mailer_type select No
> configuration"
> as both debconf-get-selections and
> https://preseed.debian.net/debian-preseed/buster/amd64-main-full.txt
> confirm I should do, I get an extra question asking me about the system mail
> name.
> Clearly, this question is out of place for a "No configuration" install.
> And as a result I end up with a main.cf and a master.cf, which contradicts
> the "No configuration".
>
> So something is going wrong. Apparently the preseeded selection for
> configuration type is accepted, as that question is not asked, but it
> is not interpreted as "No configuration".
If you don't want any configuration, you must be supplying
configuration later on -- so why don't you refrain from
installing postfix via the preseed, and install it later when
you are ready to configure it?
-dsr-
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