Re: debconf for configuring a room full of machines

1999-09-21 Thread Scott Barker
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 04:19:43PM +0100, Edward Betts wrote: > Write some code? Most Unix tools are written because people want to use > them. Network databases aren't my area of expertise. I've written plenty of code, just not code dealing with that. > What timescale where you thinking about?

RE: debconf for configuring a room full of machines

1999-09-21 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
The bigger issue is that until debconf has a real db, passing the answers an admin would want into packages is rather painful. Yes, this will allow for great power -- in the future. The Debian install procedure is undergoing lots of change.

debconf for configuring a room full of machines

1999-09-21 Thread Edward Betts
Scott Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A better approach, perhaps, will be to use the remote database capabilities > > of debconf to just pull settings off the old system when you install a > > package on the new one. Of course, that's all vaporware at this point. > > I guess I'm just too eag