On Mon 11 Nov 2019 at 10:13:05 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 11/11/2019 08:53 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting Richard Owlett (2019-11-11 14:34:53) > > > When I first used Debian, I found preseeding could handle the many of > > > my needs/desires. I wish to explore further. > > > > > > Where my might I find an exhaustive list of questions which may be > > > preseeded? > > > > Since debconf values are defined and processed by each package, you can > > only find an exhaustive list inside the complete package set to be > > installed on the target system - e.g. by installing a draft system and > > query the debconf database there. > > > > Beware that some debconf processing done by by debian-installer is > > declared by special "udeb" packages normally only installed temporarily > > during install, and therefore will only appear in debconf database of > > systems actually installed using debian-installer - not e.g. if creating > > a draft system in a chroot using debootstrap, multistrap, mmdebstrap or > > some of the related tools skipping the use of those udeb packages. > > > > Thank you. > > Preseeding can evidently used in ways I never thought of. > What I thought I was asking for was a list of all questions I would *see* > while running the installer in "Expert" mode. I suspect the > 'special "udeb" packages' are the key.
The udebs used in an ISO may be copied from it with bsdtar. Templates files in the udebs can be extracted using apt-extracttemplates and then processed to obtain the information you want. -- Brian.
