Okay thanks for your reply. But what is the use case for debconf with locales as illustrated in the http://docs.ansible.com/debconf_module.html
Once a use debconf what's next ? Thanks Alain Le jeudi 11 septembre 2014 19:53:30 UTC+2, Karl Jorgensen a écrit : > > Hi > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 08:40:33AM -0700, Alainkr wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm doing on a on a debian wheezy the vanila : > > > > - debconf: name=locales question='locales/locales_to_be_generated' > value= > > 'en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8' vtype='multiselect' > > - debconf: name=locales > question='locales/default_environment_locale' value > > =fr_FR.UTF-8 vtype='select' > > > > > > yet nothing happens... > > > > /etc/default/locale untouched > > cat ./locale.gen |grep -v "^#" untouched > > That is to be expected. Debconf only changes the configuration > *database* - which is typically used when pre-seeding installation of > packages. > > Once installed, changing this will have little effect: Well-behaved > packages will read the current configuration files (files: not debconf > database), and use those as defaults for the configuration answers. > So I cannot see it being of any use unless you are *installing* > packages. > > To reconfigure packages afterwards, you're better off updating the > relevant configuration files - usually followed by a restart of the > relevant daemon(s). > > It is worth noting that the debconf database must not be confused with > a registry. It is not. The *real* configuration is in the > configuration files : /etc/somewhere. Debconf is just a handy way for > package developers to interact with the user, and not worry about the > user interface. > > > > The strange thing is that on the 1st pass state is "changed" and not > > after. > > Yes - It changed the value in the database on the first run. On > subsequent runs, the database value does not need changing. > > Hope this helps > > -- > Karl E. Jorgensen > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/6ad23085-33dc-49f3-856a-c16bdf023add%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
