You should file a bug report against the package with Debian; we set the "noninteractive", and the "force yes", bits that absolutely *should* make it work fine in these circumstances.
I am sorry that it doesn't work; if you find something we didn't do, that makes the prompt go away, please let us know. :) Daniel On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 13:38, Craig White <craig.wh...@ttiltd.com> wrote: > Appear that 'adminfile' option is a Solaris only thing. > > I found that ubuntu/debian has debconf-get-selections/debconf-set-selections > packages which might actually get me there but it introduces new package > dependencies and would take more time than it is reasonably worth as we will > never have many servers with mod-mono anyway. > > I think I will just manually install on the servers that will need it. > > Thanks > > Craig > > On Aug 12, 2011, at 9:56 AM, Nathan Clemons wrote: > >> Isn't there an adminfile option to the package resource that will let you >> pass responses as if it were an interactive session? Not sure if it's >> supported for the apt provider, but worth looking into if you haven't >> already. >> >> -- >> Nathan Clemons >> http://www.livemocha.com >> The worlds largest online language learning community >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Craig White <craig.wh...@ttiltd.com> wrote: >> Clearly not a problem caused by puppet but something I can't apparently >> deploy with puppet unless someone has an idea. >> >> Trying to automate a way to deploy mod_mono for apache >> >> from CLI, the problem seems obvious... >> >> apt-get install -y --assume-yes libapache2-mod-mono mono-apache-server >> libmono-firebirdsql1.7-cil >> >> a massive pile of packages installs and it finally arrives at the truth >> moment: >> >> Configuration file `/etc/apache2/mods-available/mod_mono.conf' >> ==> File on system created by you or by a script. >> ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer. >> What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: >> Y or I : install the package maintainer's version >> N or O : keep your currently-installed version >> D : show the differences between the versions >> Z : background this process to examine the situation >> The default action is to keep your current version. >> *** mod_mono.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? >> >> So it appears that the same target, mod_mono.conf is being created both by >> script and a file in the package itself and it appears that all of the '-y' >> or '--assume-yes' logic in the command itself will not allow an install to >> progress without an interactive answer to the question - the answer to which >> is essentially meaningless because I can control the file anyway with puppet. >> >> Anyone have an idea how to defeat well intentioned but defective packager >> logic? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- ⎋ Puppet Labs Developer – http://puppetlabs.com ♲ Made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
