clone 495319 -1 retitle -1 On upgrades the default power off mode ends up as reboot severity -1 serious reassign -1 uswsusp thanks
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 03:25:18PM +0200, Bas Wijnen wrote: > reassign 495319 debconf > retitle 495319 debconf: uses first choice for select if old choice doesn't > exist anymore > thanks > > Hi, > > On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 10:13:14PM +0200, Tim Dijkstra wrote: > > Somehow the problem is caused by the fact that one of the config > > options changed name from 'poweroff' to 'shutdown'. If you previously > > had poweroff that value was no-longer valid, somehow you not end up > > with 'platform' which is the default... > > I was surprised to see that reboot is an option at all. But that isn't > a bug, of course. :-) It is there for testing. > The problem, AFAICS, is that debconf should treat this situation as > "unanswered question" (which would result in asking again, or using the > default), but does instead treat it as "answered as [first choice]". > > A workaround for uswsusp would be to make "platform" the first choice > (in debian/uswsusp.templates). Note that while new installs are not > affected, upgrades from etch to lenny are, and there are about to be a > whole lot of those. That's why I've now cloned the bug and set severity to serious. I'll upload a fix to testing proposed updates. grts Tim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]