Re: Package configuration at installtime (was Re: Debian VS. Red Hat)

2000-09-14 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 02:53:56PM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote: :Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: :: : :At work we use almost exclusively RedHat because of the kickstart install :option. I can make a kickstart file, put configuration information in the :post install (of the kickstart) and with one

Re: Package configuration at installtime (was Re: Debian VS. Red Hat)

2000-09-13 Thread Joey Hess
Fraser Campbell wrote: > It would be extremely useful if dpkg had a --default-config option or > something like that ... some way to ensure that packages install with > absolutely no prompting. Is there any way to do this now? If there were > it would be very easy to script a Debian install simil

Package configuration at installtime (was Re: Debian VS. Red Hat)

2000-09-13 Thread Fraser Campbell
Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > Debian allows for configuration during package installation, so you > don't have to poke around so much to figure outwhat needs tweeking to > make your nifty ne app working. This is a great feature and (besides automated upgrades) one of the main reasons I started usin

Package configuration at installtime (was Re: Debian VS. Red Hat)

2000-09-13 Thread Fraser Campbell
Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > Debian allows for configuration during package installation, so you > don't have to poke around so much to figure outwhat needs tweeking to > make your nifty ne app working. This is a great feature and (besides automated upgrades) one of the main reasons I started usin