Re: cfengine, debconf and ldap

[Adrian Phillips]

>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@hezmatt.org> writes:

    Matthew> On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 12:03:03PM -0600, Brendan
    Matthew> Strejcek wrote:
    >> Steve Wray wrote:

    >> I solved this problem using the sledgehammer method: get dpkg,
    >> apt-get, debconf, etc to just shut up and install the package
    >> with defaults (if you set enough --force-yes,
    >> DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive, etc, options it is possible to
    >> get it to actually be noninteractive).

    Matthew> Any package that asks questions or otherwise interrupts
    Matthew> installation when "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive" is
    Matthew> buggy.  Report a bug, and if you want to send me the bug
    Matthew> number and I'll try and help get the problem fixed.  I'm
    Matthew> quite keen on seeing Debian packages install cleanly in a
    Matthew> non-interactive manner.

One package I've had problems with for years is proftpd but I just
checked and the /dev/tty redirection that has been in the postinst has
at last been removed although I don't know whether the solution is
correct :-

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=340262

Sincerely,

Adrian Phillips

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