Public bug reported: Binary package hint: debian-installer
I tried to preseed using a url with parameters (e.g. preseed/url=http://server/preseed.php?name=hostname) But during the installation the url wasn't used correctly. The installer used only a portion of the given url string (e.g. http://server/preseed.php?name). Everything after the = is not used. I've done some research and found out that the bin/env2debconf (in initrd.gz) splits the environment variable by the = sign, but it's not doing this correctly. It tries to truncate the string after the first = searched from the end of the string, but it should use the string from the beginning up to the first = sign. I created a patch which works well with the above url, but i haven't test it with other pressed methods (like file). --- bin/env2debconf.org 2007-03-31 14:49:43.000000000 +0200 +++ bin/env2debconf 2007-03-31 14:50:09.000000000 +0200 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ OLDIFS=$IFS IFS=$NEWLINE for line in $(set); do - var="${line%=*}" + var="${line%%=*}" val="${line#[!=]*=}" # support preseeding without forcing seen flag if [ "${var%\?}" != "$var" ]; then I hope that my propused fix is fine and get into one of the next versions. ** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Preseed from HTTP URL with parameters does not work https://launchpad.net/bugs/99399 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
