Bug#311416: nis: preseeding and nis' usage of debconf do not get along

2005-06-01 Thread Andres Salomon
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 23:53 +0100, Mark Brown wrote: On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 05:56:42PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: 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

Bug#311416: nis: preseeding and nis' usage of debconf do not get along

2005-06-01 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 09:57:32AM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 23:53 +0100, Mark Brown wrote: Yes, I know. This needs some TLC but it's not getting it until after sarge goes out the door (as I said to myself over a year ago :P ). Hehe, that's been my standard excuse

Bug#311416: nis: preseeding and nis' usage of debconf do not get along

2005-05-31 Thread Andres Salomon
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

Bug#311416: nis: preseeding and nis' usage of debconf do not get along

2005-05-31 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 05:56:42PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: 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. Yes, I know. This needs some TLC but it's not