Package: debconf Version: 1.5.26 Severity: important Hello, this is related to two wicd bugs: #532112 (which I can't reproduce anymore), and #534138 . I have this template:
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Template: wicd/users
Type: multiselect
Choices: ${users}
Default: ${default}
_Description: Users to add to the netdev group:
Users who should be able to run wicd clients need to be added to the
group "netdev".
---8<---
And was populating the vars with:
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db_metaget wicd/users users
db_subst wicd/users users "$(getent passwd | [..])"
db_metaget wicd/users default
db_subst wicd/users default "$(getent group netdev | [..])"
db_input high wicd/users || true
db_go
---8<---
(commands cut for wrapping purposes, both return a list in the form "one, two,
three")
And then act accordingly removing unchecked users, and adding checked ones.
The problem is that Default doesn't "work" when using a variable and db_subst.
Let me explain.
If I drop the wicd/users stanza from /var/cache/debconf/config.dat , and I
dpkg-reconfigure wicd, I have no users/choices checked, even if the "default"
variable is correctly initialized. This is what I get after the first run,
without checking anything:
--->8---
Name: wicd/users
Template: wicd/users
Value:
Owners: wicd
Flags: seen
Variables:
default = neo, roberto
users = bot, fede, neo, roberto, test
---8<---
This is *wrong*.
If I set "Default: neo, roberto" in the templates, the debconf multiselect has
the right choices.
Is it possible to set Default choices on-the-fly?
I hope I explained myself, sorry for the long report :)
David
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages debconf depends on:
ii debconf-i18n 1.5.26 full internationalization support
ii perl-base 5.10.0-23 minimal Perl system
Versions of packages debconf recommends:
ii apt-utils 0.7.21 APT utility programs
Versions of packages debconf suggests:
ii debconf-doc 1.5.26 debconf documentation
ii debconf-utils 1.5.26 debconf utilities
ii dialog 1.1-20080819-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii gnome-utils 2.26.0-1 GNOME desktop utilities
ii libgnome2-perl 1.042-2 Perl interface to the GNOME librar
pn libnet-ldap-perl <none> (no description available)
pn libqt-perl <none> (no description available)
pn libterm-readline-gnu-perl <none> (no description available)
ii perl 5.10.0-23 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii whiptail 0.52.10-4 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
-- debconf information:
debconf-apt-progress/title:
debconf-apt-progress/info:
* debconf/priority: high
debconf-apt-progress/preparing:
debconf-apt-progress/media-change:
* debconf/frontend: Dialog
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