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and subject line Bug#426735: installation-reports: in the noninteractive mode
the ispell installation requires user interaction
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Package: installation-reports
Severity: important
-- Package-specific info:
Boot method: network
Image version: dhcp tftp selfmade scripts
Date: <Date and time of the install>
Machine: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Workstation
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
We set
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
export DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN="true" (also "false", it did not
matter)
installing ispell with e.g.
apt-get dselect-upgrade
or
apt-get install ispell
requires user interaction.
This is unwanted for automatical installations.
We also tried
export DEBIAN_PRIORITY="critical" without succsess.
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Installer lsb-release:
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DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Debian GNU/Linux installer"
DISTRIB_RELEASE="lenny (installer build 20070502-10:54)"
X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=network
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.19.2-0-grsec (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
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-----Agustin Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -----
To: Henning Fehrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Agustin Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 06/11/2007 11:23PM
Subject: Re: Bug#426735: installation-reports: in the noninteractive mode
the ispell installation requires user interaction
On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 04:17:27PM +0200, Henning Fehrmann wrote:
> Hello Agustin,
>
> > Sorry, since this bugreport was filed against installation-reports I
blindly
> > assumed that you were installing from scratch instead of being an
upgrade.
>
> Thank you for this hint. We intended to install the system from scratch.
> In fact, the package "dictionaries-common" was also in the installation
> list. Due to the presence of installed dictionaries-common package,
> the later ispell installation was reacting like an update.
> By removing the dictionaries-common package, the ispell installation
> reacted properly without user interaction.
Thanks for the info, that is the expected behavior. dictionaries-common
config code does some work to guess sane defaults after the *to be*
installed (ispell dicts|wordlists). However, once installed, each new
(ispell dict|wordlist) to be installed is considered to deserve a new
question because is done after an 'ad hoc' action.
I had in mind to relax a bit that condition in dictionaries-common, but
not for first install if dictionaries-comon is already installed, but
for later sane ones (there might be name changes that need action).
However, there seems to be something broken in your system, or some
accidental mistake in the process. If I purge ispell and all installed
ispell
dicts, and reinstall as (this should be equivalent to what you did)
# DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install ispell
ispell and iamerican are installed, but no debconf questions are prompted.
However, if after purging the relevant packages I do
# apt-get install ispell
ispell and iamerican are installed and debconf question prompted as
expected. I tested this only in current stable 'etch', but I would not
expect differences in sid. I will try that when possible and let you know.
So, I think this bug report can be closed.
Thanks for your feedback.
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Agustin
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