I would like to configure some packages "the Debian way", but non-interactively,
I used debconf-set-selections to set the settings I wanted. Then I used debconf-get-selections to verify that the setting had been correctly registered. Finally I ran dpkg-reconfigure in non-interactive mode on the packages expecting that the just-set settings would be applied, but in all cases I get the previous setting being applied, i.e. as if I had not run debconf-set-selections at all. Am I missing some step here? Here's an example: nidi# echo -e "tzdata tzdata/Areas select Europe\ntzdata tzdata/Zones/Europe select London" | debconf-set-selections nidi# debconf-get-selections | grep tzdata tzdata tzdata/Zones/Australia select tzdata tzdata/Zones/Asia select tzdata tzdata/Zones/Etc select UTC tzdata tzdata/Zones/SystemV select tzdata tzdata/Zones/Africa select tzdata tzdata/Zones/America select tzdata tzdata/Zones/Arctic select tzdata tzdata/Zones/Pacific select tzdata tzdata/Areas select Europe tzdata tzdata/Zones/Antarctica select tzdata tzdata/Zones/Atlantic select tzdata tzdata/Zones/Europe select London tzdata tzdata/Zones/Indian select nidi# It now looks like the setting I want, but when I reconfigure: nidi# dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata Current default timezone: 'Etc/UTC' Local time is now: Fri Oct 5 22:31:17 UTC 2007. Universal Time is now: Fri Oct 5 22:31:17 UTC 2007. nidi# I poked around in the postinstall script of the packages I tried (tzdata and locales) and I think that the script puts the actual setting in effect (e.g. as defined by /etc/timezone or /etc/locale.gen depending on the package) at a *higher* priority than the value in the debconf database. I can understand this: if someone does things in the traditional edit-the-config-files way, then that setting is not reset by using dpkg-reconfigure etc. But nevertheless, it should be possible to have dpkg-reconfigure apply the setting I've seeded its db with? Is there nothing like dpkg-reconfigure --settings-in-debconf-db-get-higher-priority-than-values-found-in-the-field ? Any advice appreciated! Alexis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
