debconf and exim4

Ian Kelling ian at iankelling.org
Sun Jun 11 06:17:13 CEST 2017


One thin to check: tabs and spaces don't mix in preseed answers. i convert
debconf-get-selections output to all spaces generally.

Bob Apodaca <bob at phxlab.honeywell.com> writes:

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> I'm trying to pre-seed answers for exim4-config by creating a file in debconf/FAIBASE. For the most part, it appears to
> work. Here's the line that's giving me issues:
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> $ grep other debconf/FAIBASE
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> exim4-config    exim4/dc_other_hostnames        string
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> However, when I'm in the chrooted install environment, I'm getting this:
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> root at phxtst09:/# debconf-get-selections | grep exim4-config | grep other
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> exim4-config    exim4/dc_other_hostnames        string  subdomain.example.com
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> So, it's not blank. Any ideas?


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