Re: Help with debconf

From: Alex Gonzalez <langabe(at)gmail.com>
Date: Thu Jan 17 2008 - 11:21:12 EST

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for your answer.

I had been playing with the debconf configuration changing priority values, to no avail.

The current configuration is:

  debconf-apt-progress/info:
  debconf-apt-progress/preparing:
* debconf/frontend: Dialog
* debconf/priority: low
  debconf-apt-progress/media-change:
  debconf-apt-progress/title:

And the complete sequence of events is:

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:~# debconf-show debconf
  debconf-apt-progress/info:
  debconf-apt-progress/preparing:
* debconf/frontend: Dialog
* debconf/priority: low

  debconf-apt-progress/media-change:
  debconf-apt-progress/title:
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.115771 configure
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT critical 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_0.1-76_mips.deb) ... Setting up pvrfs (0.1-76) ...

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 critical 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

pvalex:~# dpkg -l | grep debconf
ii  debconf                1.5.11                          Debian
configuration management system
ii  debconf-i18n           1.5.11                          full

internationalization support for debcon
pvalex:~# dpkg -l | grep apt-get
pvalex:~# dpkg -l | grep pkg

ii  apt                    0.6.46.4-0.1                    Advanced
front-end for dpkg
ii  dpkg                   1.13.25                         package

maintenance system for Debian

 I really don't know what's going on. This is etch on MIPS. Alex

On Jan 17, 2008 4:08 PM, Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 03:59:35PM +0000, Alex Gonzalez wrote:
> > 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

>

> what frontend have you selected?

>
>

> > 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 ?

>

> It would be logical unless you've told debconf to not bother asking
> questions.

>

> Have you set it to use the non-interactive front end?

>

> dpkg-reconfigure debconf ( maybe with -plow )

>
>

> A

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