clone 372898 -1 reassign -1 dbconfig-common severity -1 wishlist retitle -1 dbconfig-common: please provide a way to prompt for settings without doing any setup block 372898 by -1 thanks
sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (13/06/2006): > On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 01:15:52PM +0200, Thomas Huriaux wrote: > > > im not sure why dbconfig-common even *trys* to create a new database > > > (-user) here. However, when used, dbconfig-common always would need root > > > privileges on the mysql database for this (or privileges from another > > > user allowed to grant rights), which means the administrator has to > > > grant root access from remote hosts (if the frontend is installed on > > > another server), otherwise the package fails to install. > > > > Sean, can you please have a look at this bug (#372898) and tell us if > > there is a workaround for the problems explained by Michael? > > if i understand correctly, you want another package to prompt for the > various settings information, but not actually do any of the setup? > > currently, you can't do that. you *can* use the settings from one > package in another if they're both installed on the same host (by > manually invoking dbconfig-generate-include in your postinst), but the > full version of what you want is non-existant at this point. > > however, this sounds like a cool feature to have (i have a package > which could use this too), and it wouldn't be too hard to implement. > please open a wishlist bug against dbconfig-common (or reassign this one) > and i'll see what i can do in the next release or two :) Thanks for your answer, I hope my set of control command is ok. Cheers -- Thomas Huriaux
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