Re: Help with debconf

From: Alex Gonzalez <langabe(at)gmail.com>
Date: Thu Jan 17 2008 - 10:59:35 EST

Back to my first problem, debconf doesn't reconfigure itself after the purge. Here is the sequence of events,

pvalex:~# debconf-show pvrfs
* pvrfs/partition: /dev/hda2
pvalex:~# apt-get --purge remove pvrfs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED
  pvrfs*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 32.9MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 11683 files and directories currently installed.) Removing pvrfs ...
Purging configuration files for pvrfs ...

debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is pvrfs
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/pvrfs.postrm purge
debconf (developer): <-- PURGE
debconf (developer): --> 0
pvalex:~# debconf-show pvrfs

pvalex:~#
pvalex:~# apt-get install pvrfs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed   pvrfs
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/32.5MB of archives.
After unpacking 32.9MB of additional disk space will be used. WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!   pvrfs
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y Preconfiguring packages ...

debconf (developer): starting /tmp/pvrfs.config.112521 configure
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high pvrfs/partition
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok

Selecting previously deselected package pvrfs. (Reading database ... 11676 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking pvrfs (from .../archives/pvrfs_0.1-75_mips.deb) ... Setting up pvrfs (0.1-75) ...

debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is pvrfs
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/pvrfs.config configure
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high pvrfs/partition
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/pvrfs.postinst configure
debconf (developer): <-- GET pvrfs/partition
debconf (developer): --> 0 /dev/hda2
debconf (developer): <-- STOP

Am I confused or would it be logical for debconf to reconfigure instead of saying

debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped ?

Thanks again,
Alex

On Jan 17, 2008 12:02 PM, Alex Gonzalez <langabe@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks for that. I actually forgot to include the postrm file to do
> the purge, so that should fix it.
>
> Another problem I have is that whiptail doesn't seem to display the
> configuration dialog. I have the follwing processes,
>
> 4838 pts/0 S+ 0:00 sh -c { apt-get update;apt-get
> --allow-unauthenticated install pvrfs; } 2>&1
> 4842 pts/0 S+ 0:00 apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install pvrfs
> 4846 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true
> 4847 pts/0 S+ 0:01 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt
> 4854 pts/0 Z+ 0:00 [dpkg-preconfigu] <defunct>
> 4857 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /bin/sh -e /tmp/pvrfs.config.48551 configure
> 4859 pts/0 S+ 0:00 whiptail --backtitle Package configuration
> --title Configuring pvrfs --output-fd 12 --nocancel --default-item
> /dev/hda2 --menu Choose a hard drive partition to perform the
> filesystem upgrade on.??WARNING! ALL DATA IN THE CHOSEN PARTITION WILL
> BE LOST??Choose partition to upgrade on: 16 72 4 -- /dev/hda1
> /dev/hda2 /dev/hda3 /dev/hda4
> 4867 pts/1 S+ 0:00 whiptail --backtitle Package configuration
> --title Configuring pvrfs --nocancel --default-item /dev/hda2 --menu
> Choose a hard drive partition to perform the filesyst?em upgrade
> on.??WARNING! ALL DATA IN THE CHOSEN PARTITION WILL BE LOST??Choose
> partition to upgrade on: 16 72 4 -- /dev/hda1 /dev/hda2 /dev/hda3
> /dev/hda4
>
> From the two whiptails, the first one failed to bring up a dialog, and
> the second one was run manually by me and did bring the dialog. The
> only difference is that the second one has no --output-fd.
>
> My guess is that there is a problem with file descriptor 12, how can I
> find out what is this descriptor supposed to be?
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
>
> On Jan 16, 2008 5:15 PM, Andrew Sackville-West
>
> <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 03:50:42PM +0000, Alex Gonzalez wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is it possible to force debconf to forget about a package
> > > configuration on removal, or to always ask the configuration questions
> > > on install?
> >
> > I'm sure there is a way to do the second, and there is a debconf-doc package
> > you should probably look into.
> >
> > >
> > > I have this packet that is configured the first time it's installed,
> > > but then never asks again if you don't dpkg-reconfigure it.
> > >
> > > However, if I remove the package, then debconf still remembers the
> > > configuration and I can't change it with dpkg-reconfigure (package is
> > > not installed error). Because of the specifics of the package I won't
> > > be able to reinstall it without changing the configuration.
> >
> > try purging the package first. That will remove all the configuration
> > files.
> >
> > either
> >
> > aptitude purge <package>
> >
> > or
> >
> > dpkg -p <package>
> >
> > should to do the trick.
> >
> > A
> >
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