On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 05:34:08PM -0400, Michael Lueck wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:27:52 +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote:
>
> >In my opinion, this is a case of garbage in, garbage out, and not a bug.
>
> So if I was never asked for this info through the user interface, where did
> the
> install script populate that info ("garbage") from? I know... "Go look at the
> code myself" right?!
Well the question about interfaces is asked at high priority, so my
understanding of debconf priorities, is if you're running debconf at medium
priority, you'll see all debconf messages at medium or higher.
The only way that you would not see this message is if it was previously
answered from a previous install. How old is the Debian installation on this
computer? Could it ever have had dhcp3-server installed previously, and
someone answered the interface question with an IP address?
> Why would the same install steps work differently on a laptop than a desktop
> class machine, maybe the hotplug logic for the PCCard ethernet adapter? It
> makes /etc/network/interfaces look slightly different than a desktop class
> computer.
The only laptop-specific issue I'm aware of at present is that dhcp3-server
is started earlier than the PCMCIA initialisation, which means if you want
the server listen on a PCMCIA Ethernet interface, it doesn't work because it
isn't there yet. This is addressed in 3.0.2, which I'll upload after I've
tested it on the weekend.
> I am not buying "user error" solution, Andrew. I have set enough of these
> boxes
> up off of the then Debian Testing / Sarge CD's. This one was the only laptop
> and the only one that got the incorrect information in the file in question.
> Smells fishy to me, thus I logged it as a bug.
>
Sure, but the IP address got there somehow. It didn't just summon itself up
from nowhere.
regards
Andrew
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