On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Scott Kitterman <post...@kitterman.com> wrote: > On Friday, November 23, 2012 11:05:42 PM Glenn Park wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Scott Kitterman <post...@kitterman.com> > wrote: >> > On Friday, November 23, 2012 09:29:08 PM Glenn Park wrote: >> >> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Scott Kitterman <post...@kitterman.com> >> > >> > wrote: >> >> > On Friday, November 23, 2012 07:55:57 PM Glenn Park wrote: >> >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> >> >> When I install Postfix using aptitude on a fresh Debian system, an >> >> >> interactive GUI comes up asking me how it wants me to configure >> >> >> postfix. I'd like to suppress this interface and make it default to >> >> >> "No configuration" (I am automating the installation and have my own >> >> >> configuration files, thank you). However I can find nothing >> >> >> documented that allows me to do this. Can anyone help? >> >> > >> >> > There are some assumptions built into the way the postfix packaging >> >> > interact with debconf that make this a risky thing to do. See (Debian >> >> > and Ubuntu are the same in this regard): >> >> > >> >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postfix/+bug/1027061 >> >> >> >> Pardon my lack of understanding here (I did read that whole >> >> conversation), but I'm a little hazy on what the problem is. What's >> >> the difference between giving a "No Configuration" answer ahead of >> >> time/by default and doing it with the GUI that is presented? But are >> >> you saying that it's impossible to suppress anyway? >> >> >> >> Rather, you seem to be suggesting that upon update, we may see our >> >> configuration changed out from under us? We are not using puppet or >> >> anything like that. Config is by hand. >> > >> > Yes. The postfix package is designed to be configured by the debconf >> > (Debian Configuration) system. If, in the internal status of the debconf >> > system, postfix is marked as "No configuration" via there being no status >> > entry, so there's currently no way to distinguish between "desired >> > configuration is 'No configuration'" and "Don't do anything, something >> > else will handle it." >> > >> > I have not had time to research this issue. I expect it's reasonably >> > tractable to fix, but I don't know when I'll be able to get to it. >> > >> > What I usually do is pick "Internet site" and then modify things from >> > there. If you do that once, even if you copy your config files over the >> > provided ones, you won't have to worry about your changes getting >> > reverted. >> >> Woa, wait, so even if I choose "No configuration" in the GUI, my >> config may be overwritten? >> >> If I have to choose "Internet site" in order to be able to put my own >> config files in place (and not have them overwritten), that's fine. >> But my question is how I can do that unattended? > > I believe you can do this using preseeding. Preseeding is discussed in the > context of a new system installation here: > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed
Thanks, Scott
