On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 4:40 PM, <no-re...@cfengine.com> wrote: > Forum: Cfengine Help > Subject: rather complex scenario (pkg install+configure - if necessary) > Author: ticketo > Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,21557,21557#msg-21557 > > Hello everyone > > I'm looking for help in how to properly do this. Single parts are no problem, > fitting it all together is. > > Actually I just want to do something simple. Install package "mpt-status" on > a ubuntu host. This is easy. But this package requires a mail transfer agent > and by default postfix is picked. apt-get is working fine, dependencies are > resolved, postfix is installed. > > But during installation the package want's to know if it's being installed > with "no config", "internet site", "internet with smarthost" etc.
you have just found out that debconf for lots of hosts can be 'irritating'. This has been already discussed before. You can use some options for apt-get to disable debconf in that run. This does not fully disable debconf, just when it is installing/upgrading softaware: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,18977,18979#msg-18979 -- natxo _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
