Packages configuration

[Thomas Lange]

>>>>> On 09/04/01 16:46:42  (MET DST), benoit.peccatte at enst-bretagne.fr said:

    > I have a problem with some packages (like ispell, PHP4,Mysql ):
    > they always need an answer like 1/2/3 y/n First I tried to pipe
    > yes to the command line apt-get in install_package but Y is not
    > always the right answer.  How can I manage it ?  

I had installed php4 mysql-server ispell from potato without any
problems. Which versions are you using ?
Have you read: /usr/share/doc/fai/README.package_problems ?


    > Is there a solution to provide a different answer to each question.
No not yet. You can use mkdivert to fake the configuration command,
like apacheconfig, or install these packages not using package_config
files but a script in /fai/scripts writte by you own:

#! /bin/sh

yes 'n' | apt-get install php4
yes '2' | apt-get install ispell

This will give the same answer to each question, but for a different package.
Or use an expect script for this. All these problems will disappear,
when the packages will use debconf for its configuration.

So we have to wait some time, or send patches to the package maintainers.

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 Thomas
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