Hi Ferenc,
On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 11:26:44AM +0200, Ferenc Engard wrote:
I suggest that the frontend should explicitly indicate if it cannot
handle default values, although the there is one, e.g. like this:
Default value: /var/backups/slapd-VERSION
*** WARNING! You have to type the
Torsten Landschoff wrote:
a) It does neither present the default nor the current value.
b) It is /not/ clear that hitting enter means the empty value. With
alone this information (the above one line) that's what I would have
expected. But I was used to debconf using the default value when
Hi all,
The technical details of why debconf is not able to present a default
value with the readline frontend, when the recommended
literm-readline-gnu-perl is not installed, or with the teletype
frontend, are already explained in bug #183970. I know of no better
Just a silly question: why
Hi,
If you really think we should not mention the default value there that's
okay but on the other side I request that the behaviour of the readline
frontend is changed to at least present the user the current/default
value if the libterm-readline-gnu-perl package is not installed. And
make
The bug is in slapd for including this text in its debconf template:
The default is /var/backups/slapd-VERSION
This comes under the heading of not referring to debconf UI in a
template. Just as you don't know how debconf will choose to present a
yes/no question and thus say yes
Hi Joey,
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 09:11:50PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
I really think this is a bug that needs to be dealt with from the debconf
side of things. Torsten, if you want to add a workaround to slapd, that
should be ok, but the real bug appears to be that the readline frontend is
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 09:11:50PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
I really think this is a bug that needs to be dealt with from the debconf
side of things. Torsten, if you want to add a workaround to slapd, that
should be ok, but the real bug appears to be that the readline frontend is
somehow
Torsten Landschoff wrote:
The bug is in slapd for including this text in its debconf template:
The default is /var/backups/slapd-VERSION
How is that a bug? In fact this can be helpful in case you changed the
value and later wonder what is was originally. Apart from that it is an
Hi Ferenc,
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 12:21:32AM +0200, Ferenc Engard wrote:
While I have upgraded my system, slapd upgrade asked some questions,
including directory to dump databases. The text said the default is
/var/backups/slapd-VERSION. Reading that, I simply pushed enter. After
that,
Hi Torsten,
On Mon, 9 May 2005, Torsten Landschoff wrote:
including directory to dump databases. The text said the default is
/var/backups/slapd-VERSION. Reading that, I simply pushed enter. After
that, the preinst script have failed, rendering slapd unconfigured.
Meanwhile, apt has upgraded
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Bug reassigned from package `slapd' to `debconf'.
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Hi guys,
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 08:20:23AM +0200, Torsten Landschoff wrote:
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 12:21:32AM +0200, Ferenc Engard wrote:
While I have upgraded my system, slapd upgrade asked some questions,
including directory to dump databases. The text
Steve Langasek wrote:
reassign 308234 debconf
thanks
Hi guys,
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 08:20:23AM +0200, Torsten Landschoff wrote:
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 12:21:32AM +0200, Ferenc Engard wrote:
While I have upgraded my system, slapd upgrade asked some questions,
including
Package: slapd
Version: 2.2.23-5
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
While I have upgraded my system, slapd upgrade asked some questions,
including directory to dump databases. The text said the default is
/var/backups/slapd-VERSION. Reading that, I simply pushed enter.
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