Jun 08, 2006 stripped to its essentials, debconf is a database of questions with a front end for users. Yet, when building an image from a dockerfile, at the end of one specific debianubuntu package install using aptget install, package configuration debconf says. This page is for possible collaboration on topics that would be interesting to both debian and ubuntu developers who are attending debconf. The debconf content team is pleased to announce the call for proposals for the debconf15 conference, to be held in heidelberg, germany from the 15th through the 22nd of august, 2015 submitting an event. This manual begins by explaining two new files that are added to debian packages that use debconf.
If you just want to see the current configuration of a package, see debconfshow1 instead. Debian conference is the annual debian developers meeting, an event filled with coding parties, discussions and workshops all of them highly technical in nature. A configuration management system for debian packages. This operating system that we have created is called debian. It seems to have been quite well received, with people generally positive about the idea of using flatpak to deliver backports. Bareword debconffrontendnoninteractive not allowed while strict. The hlinux team is pleased to continue hps long tradition of supporting debian and debconf, said steve geary, senior director at hewlettpackard. As an end user i would say theres still some value in the networking aspect of it even as a software developer, linux users are niche.
When building from dockerfile, debianubuntu package install. Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal. The start, stop, from, and to options may be used to create a progress bar with multiple segments for different stages of installation, provided that the caller is. You can change how debconf interacts either with a similar line eg. Ive got problems on my end too, you know, and this is beyond a users understanding when it comes to just giving you our perspective of the matter. Term is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable. It is not a registry of settings, and does not make changes to the operating system itself. The start, stop, from, and to options may be used to create a progress bar with multiple segments for different stages of installation, provided that the caller is a debconf confmodule. Silent package installation and debconf if you have worked on deploying packages via aptget, you are probably familiar with a couple of forms of interruption during the package installation and upgrade process. Optionsftype, frontendtype select the frontend to use. This package contains some small utilities for debconf developers. Debconf is a configuration management system for debian packages. You could even run emacs inside that shell though running commands inside the window might be more complicated than using emacs in its usual manner.
It will be held in mar del plata, argentina, from august 10th to august 16th, 2008. I have managed to break debconf somehow, but i dont how. You have searched for packages that names contain debconf in all suites, all sections, and all architectures. Manipulation tools of choice are debconfsetselections and debconfgetselections provided by debpkg. Found 35 matching packages exact hits package debconf. Come and enjoy the sights, sounds and tastes of the mother city. But avoid asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq. To learn more about cape town and south africa, click the button below.
Debconf 16 took place in cape town, south africa, from saturday, 2 july to saturday, 9 july 2016. If the running program debconf later asks the database of answers debconf what is my frontend the answer will be frontend is noninteractive. See the debconf code of conduct and the debian code of conduct for more details on this. The 17th annual debian conference, debconf16, was held in cape town, south africa, from the 2nd to the 9th of july 2016. Normaly debconf is installed to use frontend dialog, which actually needs a cursor addressable terminal. Debconf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants. It was preceded by 9 days of debcamp, from thursday, 23 june to friday, 1 july 2016. Frontend dialog needs the enviroment variable term set, in order to ask questions using a curses interface. Debconf16 is the first debian conference held in south africa, and in africa. Instead, debconf is invoked by the config script in a debian package, and stores the users answers for the postinst postinstall script in the package to use.
You can find all possible actions in the debian packaging manual. Instead of purging all question of a particular package you can try. It has nothing to do with the interactivity of ssh or bash. Basically whenever i install or remove a package, the system freezes for about 5 minutes, or more, after the three debconf messages. No usable dialog like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. By definition, a dumb terminal is one that doesnt grok terminal directives. Stripped to its essentials, debconf is a database of questions with a front end for users. Packages use debconf to ask questions when they are installed. If you have any questions about the registration process, please check the related. The default frontend can be permanently changed by. The debian project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. Getting tons of debconf messages unless term is set. Each function corresponds to a command in the protocol you pass parameters into it and it returns the result.
End of first test cycle, new packages installed next by date. There is a rarelyused command named debconf, documented in debconf1 debconf provides a consistent interface for configuring packages, allowing you to choose from several user interface frontends. Debianinstaller has had support for various flavors of arm systems for quite some time, and its arguably better now than ever but its still a very rough road. Newt cant find many errors encountered while performing installation dpkg exited unexpectedly. In order to submit an event, you must be registered as an attendee of debconf15. The basic approach here is from gettext, though implemented a bit more simply since we can assume perl. On monday i gave a talk entitled a debian maintainers guide to flatpak, aiming to introduce debian developers to flatpak, and show how flatpak and debian and debian derivatives like steamos can help each other. Debian configuration management system cimplementation. The idea here is to use this as a whiteboard to figure out what needs to be discussed in preparation for the event and as a resource for dds that are looking to see who from ubuntu will be attending the conference. So when you ssh into a container and want to install something, you can select the dialog frontend and set the term by export termlinux.
There is a rarelyused command named debconf, documented in debconf 1 debconf provides a consistent interface for configuring packages, allowing you to choose from several user interface frontends. This manual assumes that you are familiar with debconf as a user, and are familiar with the basics of debian package construction. Whether its linked against ncurses, slang, or just sending out raw terminal directives the horror, for a fullscreen application to run on a terminal, that terminal must understand terminal directives i. You can use the debconfclientconfmodule perl module, which makes a number of functions available to you. Hewlettpackard is one of the largest computer companies in the world, providing a wide range of products and services, such as servers, pcs, printers, storage products, network equipment, software. Some of that is just because arm is, well, difficult, with individual boards requiring specific configuration.
An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. I dont know it from your end, and i dont want to take time to master enough of whatidont know just to report a dm problem. Did it in a separate cache layer for transparency, so the first aptget install above it and its own install still outputs the warning. Theres a dumb shell which doesnt support fullscreen terminal applications, and there is the ansi term, which does. Silent package installation and debconf fabian lee.