Re: powerpc-utils and DEBIAN_FRONTEND
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 10:34:24PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Stephen R Marenka wrote: The problem seems to be that hwclock.sh is a conffile and wants to prompt the user about whether to override the existing file. Unfortunately, we're running in non-interactive mode so the STDIN prompt fails and powerpc-utils fails to configure. I can configure powerpc-utils manually, but that isn't exactly acceptable for boot-floppies. Well, the obvious fix is to make debootstrap run dpkg with --force-confnew. The obvious question is, why was this conffile already present on a new install? Did debootstrap or some other package create it? Either could be gounds for a bug report. Or was debootstrap ran on a filesystem that already had a debian install on it? Maybe a partial install from an earlier failed debootstrap run? This was a fresh install on a newly formatted partition. The symptom to this failure shows up when the following repeat (from debootstrap/woody) fails 20 times (because powerpc-utils hasn't configured). Perhaps that is also a good place to add --force-confnew. Shall I file a bug? excerpted from debootstrap/woody info Installing base packages repeat 20 in_target dpkg --force-auto-select --force-overwrite \ --skip-same-version --install $(debfor $base) Thanks a bunch! Stephen -- Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not doing it right! [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: powerpc-utils and DEBIAN_FRONTEND
On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 07:49:52AM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote: This was a fresh install on a newly formatted partition. The symptom to this failure shows up when the following repeat (from debootstrap/woody) fails 20 times (because powerpc-utils hasn't configured). Perhaps that is also a good place to add --force-confnew. Shall I file a bug? Sounds reasonable. I'm not *entirely* convinced this isn't a bug somewhere else too, but --force-confnew seems to make sense anyway. I follow this list, but I usually forget about these things unless there's a bug filed... Cheers, aj (debootstrap author/maintainer) -- Anthony Towns [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/ I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``_Any_ increase in interface difficulty, in exchange for a benefit you do not understand, cannot perceive, or don't care about, is too much.'' -- John S. Novak, III (The Humblest Man on the Net) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: powerpc-utils and DEBIAN_FRONTEND
On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 11:02:58PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 07:49:52AM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote: This was a fresh install on a newly formatted partition. The symptom to this failure shows up when the following repeat (from debootstrap/woody) fails 20 times (because powerpc-utils hasn't configured). Perhaps that is also a good place to add --force-confnew. Shall I file a bug? Sounds reasonable. I'm not *entirely* convinced this isn't a bug somewhere else too, but --force-confnew seems to make sense anyway. I follow this list, but I usually forget about these things unless there's a bug filed... bug#99025 filed against debootstrap. Thanks everyone, Stephen -- Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not doing it right! [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: powerpc-utils and DEBIAN_FRONTEND
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 02:23:58PM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote: While working on woody boot-floppies on my oldworld powermac, I noticed that powerpc-utils seems to ignore the DEBIAN_FRONTEND=Noninteractive. It thus fails to configure. This is a required package. How do I figure out what's at fault and fix it or where should I file a bug? Huh? Read the powerpc-utils postinst. All I call is update-rc.d and #DEBHELPER#... no debconf at all. -- Daniel Jacobowitz Debian GNU/Linux Developer Monta Vista Software Debian Security Team -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: powerpc-utils and DEBIAN_FRONTEND
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 04:25:24PM -0700, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 02:23:58PM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote: While working on woody boot-floppies on my oldworld powermac, I noticed that powerpc-utils seems to ignore the DEBIAN_FRONTEND=Noninteractive. It thus fails to configure. This is a required package. How do I figure out what's at fault and fix it or where should I file a bug? Huh? Read the powerpc-utils postinst. All I call is update-rc.d and #DEBHELPER#... no debconf at all. I did notice that all the DEBIAN_FRONTEND stuff seemed to apply to debconf, but hey I'm new to this. The problem seems to be that hwclock.sh is a conffile and wants to prompt the user about whether to override the existing file. Unfortunately, we're running in non-interactive mode so the STDIN prompt fails and powerpc-utils fails to configure. I can configure powerpc-utils manually, but that isn't exactly acceptable for boot-floppies. Since everything else seems to work okay, I suppose there's a better way? This is outside my experience, but I'll have to figure it out sooner or later -- I was just hoping for later. Also, the current version doesn't seem to compile cleanly. I had to change the #includeasm/* to #includelinux/*. I can send a patch and/or file a bug if that's the right thing to do. Thanks, Stephen -- Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not doing it right! [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: powerpc-utils and DEBIAN_FRONTEND
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 09:12:34PM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote: The problem seems to be that hwclock.sh is a conffile and wants to prompt the user about whether to override the existing file. Unfortunately, we're running in non-interactive mode so the STDIN prompt fails and powerpc-utils fails to configure. I can configure powerpc-utils manually, but that isn't exactly acceptable for boot-floppies. i think it diverts hwclock.sh. but that is no longer necessary as hwclock now works on powerpc provided CONFIG_PPC_RTC is set in the kernel config. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ PGP signature
Re: powerpc-utils and DEBIAN_FRONTEND
Stephen R Marenka wrote: The problem seems to be that hwclock.sh is a conffile and wants to prompt the user about whether to override the existing file. Unfortunately, we're running in non-interactive mode so the STDIN prompt fails and powerpc-utils fails to configure. I can configure powerpc-utils manually, but that isn't exactly acceptable for boot-floppies. Well, the obvious fix is to make debootstrap run dpkg with --force-confnew. The obvious question is, why was this conffile already present on a new install? Did debootstrap or some other package create it? Either could be gounds for a bug report. Or was debootstrap ran on a filesystem that already had a debian install on it? Maybe a partial install from an earlier failed debootstrap run? -- see shy jo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
powerpc-utils and DEBIAN_FRONTEND
While working on woody boot-floppies on my oldworld powermac, I noticed that powerpc-utils seems to ignore the DEBIAN_FRONTEND=Noninteractive. It thus fails to configure. This is a required package. How do I figure out what's at fault and fix it or where should I file a bug? Thanks, Stephen -- Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not doing it right! [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
