During installation the system still asks me for a Return or Yes. It appears in the log file software.log as :
/sbin/install_packages: read config file /fai/package_config/DEFAULT /sbin/install_packages: read config file /fai/package_config/KERNEL_SOFT /sbin/install_packages: read config file /fai/package_config/BASE /sbin/install_packages: read config file /fai/package_config/REACTIVE /sbin/install_packages: read config file /fai/package_config/reactive3 chroot /tmp/target tasksel -n install basic-desktop c-dev french desktop Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... The following extra packages will be installed: aalib1 asclock-themes autoconf2.13 autotools-dev cpp-2.95 defoma dialog eject esound-common file g++-2.95 gcc-2.95 gconf gdk-imlib1 gnome-bin gnome-core gnome-libs-data gnome-mime-data gnome-panel-data gsfonts iconx imlib1 ispell kdelibs3 lesstif1 libart2 libaudiofile0 libbz2-1.0 libc6-dev libcapplet0 libcdparanoia0 libdb2-util libdps1 libesd0 libexpat1 libfreetype6 libgconf11 libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 libgdk-pixbuf2 libghttp1 libgimp1.2 libglade-gnome0 libglade0 libglib1.2 libgnome-vfs-common libgnome-vfs0 libgnome32 libgnomesupport0 libgnomeui32 libgnorba27 libgnorbagtk0 libgpmg1 libgtk1.2 libgtk1.2-common libgtkxmhtml1 libgtop1 libjpeg62 liblcms libmng1 libmpeg1 liboaf0 liborbit0 libpanel-applet0 libpng2 libqt2 libscrollkeeper0 libstdc++2.10-dev libtiff3g libungif4g libxaw7 libxml1 libxml2 libxslt1 libzvt2 locales m4 mc-common oaf perl perl-modules python python2.1 scrollkeeper xbase-clients xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfonts-scalable xfree86-common xlibmesa3 xlibs xserver-common xserver-xfree86 xutils zlib1g The following NEW packages will be installed: aalib1 abiword asclock-themes autoconf autoconf2.13 automake autoproject autotools-dev binutils bison c2man cflow cpp cpp-2.95 cutils cvs cxref defoma dialog doc-debian-fr doc-linux-fr eject esound esound-common file flex g++ g++-2.95 gcc gcc-2.95 gconf gdb gdk-imlib1 gdm gettext gimp1.2 glibc-doc gmc gnome-applets gnome-bin gnome-control-center gnome-core gnome-help gnome-libs-data gnome-mime-data gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-session gnome-terminal gnome-users-guide gnome-utils gsfonts iconx ifrench-gut imlib-base imlib1 indent ispell kcalc kdelibs3 language-env lesstif1 libart2 libaudiofile0 libbz2-1.0 libc6-dev libcapplet0 libcdparanoia0 libdb2-util libdps1 libesd0 libexpat1 libfreetype6 libgconf11 libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 libgdk-pixbuf2 libghttp1 libgimp1.2 libglade-gnome0 libglade0 libglib1.2 libgnome-vfs-common libgnome-vfs0 libgnome32 libgnomesupport0 libgnomeui32 libgnorba27 libgnorbagtk0 libgpmg1 libgtk1.2 libgtk1.2-common libgtkxmhtml1 libgtop1 libjpeg62 liblcms libmng1 libmpeg1 liboaf0 liborbit0 libpanel-applet0 libpng2 libqt2 libscrollkeeper0 libstdc++2.10-dev libtiff3g libtool libungif4g libxaw7 libxml1 libxml2 libxslt1 libzvt2 liwc locales ltrace m4 make manpages-dev manpages-fr mc-common menu metrics nowebm oaf patch perl perl-modules python python2.1 scrollkeeper stl-manual strace wfrench x-window-system-core xbase-clients xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfonts-intl-european xfonts-scalable xfree86-common xlibmesa3 xlibs xserver-common xserver-xfree86 xtel xutils zlib1g 0 packages upgraded, 148 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 111MB of archives. After unpacking 306MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Get:1 ftp://172.16.19.2 testing/main imlib-base 1.9.11-3 [109kB] It looks like the tasksel called from /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot/sbin/install_packages lacks a return on its stdin (unfortunately tasksel does not accept a -y option. Anybody candidate to add it ?). Here is a patch to /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot/sbin/install_packages: --- /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot/sbin/install_packages~ Fri Nov 16 17:56:16 2001 +++ /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot/sbin/install_packages Tue Jan 8 10:44:27 2002 @@ -95,8 +95,12 @@ grep { $misspelt{$_} or $newlist .= "$_ "} @{$list{install}}; $packlist = $newlist; } + if ($type eq "taskinst") { + $rootcmd = 'yes "" | ' . $rootcmd; + } + execute("$rootcmd $command{$type} $packlist") if $packlist; } # remove prelaoded files Hey, there is a typo in the last comment... :-) -- Ronan KERYELL |\/ Labo Informatique T�l�com |/) Tel: (+33|0) 2.29.00.14.15 ENST Bretagne, BP832 K Fax: (+33|0) 2.29.00.12.82 29285 PLOUZANE CEDEX |\ E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FRANCE | \ http://www-info.enst-bretagne.fr/~keryell
