reassign 281530 network-console retitle 281530 Using network-console can lead to cdebconf db corruption severity 281530 minor thanks
The issues below are a summary of a problem signalled earlier in the BR with some additional comments after discussion on #d-boot. General issue ------------- There are several problems that can arise with regard to the cdebconf database if more than one debian-installer session is open. It appears this has not yet been recognized up till now. network-console, and maybe the main debian-installer process should take these potentian problems into account. Either they should prevent switching from one process to another by making sure only one process is active at a time, or they should implement some kind of locking or synchronization mechanism. At the very least network-console should warn about this issue, maybe by displaying an extra dialog from which the user can only exit to the menu (by using <go back>). Specific issue -------------- Currently, most users will leave the original console at the dialog where the SSH key is displayed. This means that the network-console process is not yet completed and any changes will not yet have been written to the cdebconf database. This means that the database that is read when the user starts his installation session over SSH will not yet have the changes from network-console (is not up-to-date). Also, at high priority, using <enter> from the last (SSH key) dialog on the original console should probably not result in the next installation step being executed automatically. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
