Package: base-config Version: 2.53.10 Severity: normal We recently got a bug report for debian-edu, claiming the installation failed completely when installing using French as the default language, <URL:http://bugs.skolelinux.no/show_bug.cgi?id=955>. After much debugging, we discovered the source of the problem. It is in the French translation of the base-config menues.
The problem was that two menu entries had the same french translation: #. Type: text #. Description #: ../debian-edu-install.templates:91 msgid "Set up packages (debian-edu)" msgstr "Installer les paquets sélectionnés (debian-edu)" #. Type: text #. Description #: ../debian-edu-install.templates:103 msgid "Select packages to install (debian-edu)" msgstr "Installer les paquets sélectionnés (debian-edu)" These are the templates in question: Template: base-config/menu/debian-edu-config Type: text _Description: Set up packages (debian-edu) Template: base-config/menu/debian-edu-inst Type: text _Description: Select packages to install (debian-edu) This seem to confuse base-config so much he skipped he debian-edu-config menu entry. I suspect this indicate a dangerous design in base-config, having base-config depend on the translated text instead of the original text, and thought it best to report the problem here in case others run into a similar problem. We solve it for now in debian-edu by changing the translated text. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-386 Locale: LANG=nb_NO, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages base-config depends on: ii adduser 3.63 Add and remove users and groups ii apt 0.5.28.6 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii bsdutils 1:2.12p-4 Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite ii console-data 2002.12.04dbs-49 Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fall ii console-tools 1:0.2.3dbs-56 Linux console and font utilities ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii gettext-base 0.14.4-2 GNU Internationalization utilities ii passwd 1:4.0.3-31sarge5 change and administer password and -- debconf information: tzconfig/choose_country_zone_single: true * tzconfig/select_zone: Oslo tzconfig/verify_choices: true * apt-setup/another: false base-config/late_command: base-config/start-display-manager: true * apt-setup/directory: /debian/ base-config/menu/hostname: * apt-setup/cd/another: false apt-setup/badedit: mirror/suite: testing apt-setup/baddir: base-config/menu/pkgsel: base-config/menu/timezone: * apt-setup/hostname: ftp.no.debian.org base-config/menu/pon: * tzconfig/gmt: true apt-setup/title: mirror/http/proxy: * apt-setup/contrib: true base-config/early_command: * tzconfig/geographic_area: Europe * apt-setup/cd/dev: /dev/cdrom * apt-setup/country: Norway * apt-setup/uri_type: cdrom apt-setup/not-mirror: apt-setup/security-updates-failed: apt-setup/cd/bad: base-config/menu/mta: tzconfig/choose_country_zone/BR: East base-config/intro: * tzconfig/select_zone/Europe: Oslo * apt-setup/security-updates: false * base-config/run-tasksel: false base-config/title: base-config/menu/finish: debian-installer/language: nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:da:sv:en_GB:en * apt-setup/mirror: ftp.no.debian.org base-config/menu/apt-setup: base-config/menu/keyboard: tzconfig/title: debian-installer/country: NO base-config/install-problem: true * tzconfig/change_timezone: true * base-config/pkgsel: nothing - you may manually run apt-get or any of the above later * apt-setup/non-free: true * apt-setup/non-us: true base-config/menu/intro: base-config/menu/passwd: base-config/login: base-config/main-menu: Fullfør oppsettet av grunnsystemet * base-config/run-dselect: false debian-installer/keymap: no-latin1 * base-config/remove-pcmcia: true apt-setup/badsource: * base-config/use-ppp: false tzconfig/choose_country_zone/US: Eastern base-config/get-hostname: tjener.intern tzconfig/choose_country_zone_multiple: Europe/Oslo tzconfig/choose_country_zone/CA: Eastern base-config/menu/shell: * apt-setup/distribution: stable base-config/invalid-hostname: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
