On Wed 16 Feb 2022 at 10:32:25 +0100, More Thanks wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 04:52:48PM +0800, Glen Huang wrote: > > On Feb 16, 2022, at 4:38 PM, Philip Hands <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Glen Huang <[email protected]> writes: > > > > Thanks to Cyril Brulebois’s tip that I could use DEBCONF_DEBUG > > > > to debug debconf, I found out the seen flag should be set in order > > > > for db_input to pick up the value. > > > > > > > > Case solved, thanks to everyone helped! > > > > > > I was wondering about that, but didn't see my code setting lots of seen > > > flags, so wasn't sure. > > > > > > I now realise that the reason for that is that I generally preseed the > > > things I don't want to be asked, even if I'm going to set them via > > > script, and the act of preseeding them to a place-holder value also sets > > > the seen flag. Then you get to override that in a script without > > > worrying about also setting the seen flag at that point. > > > > > > > Setting a placeholder value is a great idea, it simplifies the > > early_command since the seen flag no longer needs to be set. > > > > Thanks for the tip Philip. > > Thank your future self by sharing your solution with the mailinglist.
Geert Stappers is not the only one who would like to know your solution. Detail appreciated. -- Brian.
