Public bug reported: Starting with the bionic ISOs setting the debconf priority level via `debconf/priority=LEVEL` on the cmdline is not respected. Using `priority=LEVEL` however is.
Steps to reproduce: 1. Download daily bionic ISO from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/daily/pending/ 2. Pull out the kernel and initrd $ mkdir iso $ bsdtar xfp bionic-server-amd64.iso -C iso $ cp iso/install/vmlinuz . $ cp iso/install/initrd.gz . 3. Create QEMU disk $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 vdisk.img 4G 4. Launch ISO via QEMU with debconf/priority set on cmdline: $ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu host -m 1024 -boot d \ -initrd initrd.gz -kernel kernel -display none -nographic \ -hda vdisk.img -cdrom bionic-server-amd64.iso \ -append 'console=ttyS0 locale=en_US.UTF-8 debconf/priority=critical' The installer will ask you for keyboard layout, which is not expected as the priority on those questions is high, not critical. 5. Change 'debconf/priority=critical' to 'priority=critical' and the install will skip the initial keyboard and language questions, load additional modules, bring up the network, and finally ask you about a username and password, which is a critical question. The expected behavior is that debconf/priority=critical and priority=critical are treated in the same manner. Here are two example installer syslogs show how artful does and bionic does not respect the debconf/priority setting. In both you can clearly see it set on the cmdline, however see debconf does not respect it: artful: http://paste.ubuntu.com/25970598/ bionic: http://paste.ubuntu.com/25970599/ ** Affects: debconf (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: Starting with the bionic ISOs setting the debconf priority level via `debconf/priority=LEVEL` on the cmdline is not respected. Using `priority=LEVEL` however is. Steps to reproduce: 1. Download daily bionic ISO from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/daily/pending/ 2. Pull out the kernel and initrd $ mkdir iso $ bsdtar xfp bionic-server-amd64.iso -C iso $ cp iso/install/vmlinuz . $ cp iso/install/initrd.gz . 3. Create QEMU disk - $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 vdisk.img 4G + $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 vdisk.img 4G 4. Launch ISO via QEMU with debconf/priority set on cmdline: $ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu host -m 1024 -boot d \ - -initrd initrd.gz -kernel kernel -display none -nographic \ - -hda vdisk.img -cdrom bionic-server-amd64.iso \ - -append 'console=ttyS0 locale=en_US.UTF-8 debconf/priority=critical' + -initrd initrd.gz -kernel kernel -display none -nographic \ + -hda vdisk.img -cdrom bionic-server-amd64.iso \ + -append 'console=ttyS0 locale=en_US.UTF-8 debconf/priority=critical' The installer will ask you for keyboard layout, which is not expected as the priority on those questions is high, not critical. 5. Change 'debconf/priority=critical' to 'priority=critical' and the install will skip the initial keyboard and language questions, load additional modules, bring up the network, and finally ask you about a username and password, which is a critical question. The expected behavior is that debconf/priority=critical and priority=critical are treated in the same manner. + + Here are two example installer syslogs show how artful does and bionic + does not respect the debconf/priority setting. In both you can clearly + see it set on the cmdline, however see debconf does not respect it: + + artful: http://paste.ubuntu.com/25970598/ + bionic: http://paste.ubuntu.com/25970599/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to debconf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1732776 Title: debconf/priority not respected Status in debconf package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Starting with the bionic ISOs setting the debconf priority level via `debconf/priority=LEVEL` on the cmdline is not respected. Using `priority=LEVEL` however is. Steps to reproduce: 1. Download daily bionic ISO from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/daily/pending/ 2. Pull out the kernel and initrd $ mkdir iso $ bsdtar xfp bionic-server-amd64.iso -C iso $ cp iso/install/vmlinuz . $ cp iso/install/initrd.gz . 3. Create QEMU disk $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 vdisk.img 4G 4. Launch ISO via QEMU with debconf/priority set on cmdline: $ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu host -m 1024 -boot d \ -initrd initrd.gz -kernel kernel -display none -nographic \ -hda vdisk.img -cdrom bionic-server-amd64.iso \ -append 'console=ttyS0 locale=en_US.UTF-8 debconf/priority=critical' The installer will ask you for keyboard layout, which is not expected as the priority on those questions is high, not critical. 5. Change 'debconf/priority=critical' to 'priority=critical' and the install will skip the initial keyboard and language questions, load additional modules, bring up the network, and finally ask you about a username and password, which is a critical question. The expected behavior is that debconf/priority=critical and priority=critical are treated in the same manner. Here are two example installer syslogs show how artful does and bionic does not respect the debconf/priority setting. In both you can clearly see it set on the cmdline, however see debconf does not respect it: artful: http://paste.ubuntu.com/25970598/ bionic: http://paste.ubuntu.com/25970599/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debconf/+bug/1732776/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
