Re: Package configuration at installtime (was Re: Debian VS. Red Hat)

2000-09-14 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 02:53:56PM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote: :Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: :: some glowing things about install time configuration in debian : some love hate things about the same :At work we use almost exclusively RedHat because of the kickstart install :option. I can make a

Package configuration at installtime (was Re: Debian VS. Red Hat)

2000-09-13 Thread Fraser Campbell
Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: Debian allows for configuration during package installation, so you don't have to poke around so much to figure outwhat needs tweeking to make your nifty ne app working. This is a great feature and (besides automated upgrades) one of the main reasons I started using

Package configuration at installtime (was Re: Debian VS. Red Hat)

2000-09-13 Thread Fraser Campbell
Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: Debian allows for configuration during package installation, so you don't have to poke around so much to figure outwhat needs tweeking to make your nifty ne app working. This is a great feature and (besides automated upgrades) one of the main reasons I started using

Re: Package configuration at installtime (was Re: Debian VS. Red Hat)

2000-09-13 Thread Joey Hess
Fraser Campbell wrote: It would be extremely useful if dpkg had a --default-config option or something like that ... some way to ensure that packages install with absolutely no prompting. Is there any way to do this now? If there were it would be very easy to script a Debian install similar