Package: nis
Version: 3.13-2
Hi,
I'm trying to automate setup of various packages using debconf/d-i
preseeding. Unfortunately, nis is a bit problematic, as it happily
clobbers nis/domain and nis/not-yet-configured debconf values that have
been set before the package is configured.
First, the postinst checks whether /etc/defaultdomain is set, and if
not, resets nis/domain, sets the default value to `hostname --fqdn`, and
prompts the user for the value.
>From debconf-devel(7):
* Avoid asking questions in the postinst. Instead, the config
script should ask questions using debconf, so that pre‐configu‐
ration will work.
What this probably should do instead is, in the config script, prompt
the user (using `hostname --fqdn` as the default if nis/domain is not
already set). In the postinst, get this value and
overwrite /etc/defaultdomain with it. This way, people can
dpkg-reconfigure nis and actually be able to change this value.
Ditto for nis/not-yet-configured, which shouldn't care whether the
machine has actually be configured yet; the note should be displayed
when the package is first installed, and never again. People who can
figure out how to configure nis before installing the package can also
figure out how to preseed the note to not display, if they find it
annoying.
If you want patches for this, let me know. I'm also interested in
seeing things like #231808 fixed; I can provide initial patches if
necessary.
