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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHj31qaIeIEqwil4YRAkf3AJwIM47orJWlsYKEhHXAotCisX3kPACfZCfh > PWxj5xjXTM5yBjU5zTHKy+g= > =HsJx > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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