Debian bug report logs - #1008
Defaults Not All Set

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This bug was fixed in a recent upload of the package.  Please
check ftp.debian.org:/pub/debian for the new (fixed) version.

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To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson), debian-bugs@pixar.com
From: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman)
Subject: Re: Bug#1008: Defaults Not All Set

At 6:21 PM 6/16/95, Ian Jackson wrote:
>Grant R. Bowman writes ("Bug#1008: Defaults Not All Set"):
>> During the base configuration (/sbin/dsetup-kbd, /sbin/dsetup-net and other
>> places, perhaps /sbin/dinstall), some of the questions do not have default
>> answers in the form of [y] for a default of yes.
>
>Not all of the answers should have a default.

True.  I didn't track down every single message which might have this
problem and press return to verify it.  I can if that's necessary, but my
preferences and not knowing the basis from which to understand (Unix vs. PC
default user, etc) I may spin my wheels more than someone else would.

>> This occurs during the question regarding the set up the keyboard for
>> non-US (text says can skip it, but there's no default of [n] as I think
>> there should be), when verifying the FQDN and in other places.
>
>In particular, accidentally skipping the prompt for installing a
>keyboard mapping file can make the rest of the installation
>practically impossible for people with some of the more unusual non-US
>keyboards.

Agreed, if it's handled smoothly.

>However, I noticed that both for the keymap and the timezone
>selection, the option display was essentially an `ls' listing.  I
>think some more information about each might be useful.
>
>> When return is pressed, it gives errors of:
>>         /sbin/dsetup-kbd: [: =: unary operator expected
>>         /sbin/dsetup-kbd: [: !=: unary operator expected
>
>This is clearly a bug.

Yup...

Cheers,

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From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: debian-bugs@pixar.com, grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman)
Subject: Re: Bug#1008: Defaults Not All Set

Grant R. Bowman writes ("Bug#1008: Defaults Not All Set"):
> During the base configuration (/sbin/dsetup-kbd, /sbin/dsetup-net and other
> places, perhaps /sbin/dinstall), some of the questions do not have default
> answers in the form of [y] for a default of yes.

Not all of the answers should have a default.

> This occurs during the question regarding the set up the keyboard for
> non-US (text says can skip it, but there's no default of [n] as I think
> there should be), when verifying the FQDN and in other places.

In particular, accidentally skipping the prompt for installing a
keyboard mapping file can make the rest of the installation
practically impossible for people with some of the more unusual non-US
keyboards.

However, I noticed that both for the keymap and the timezone
selection, the option display was essentially an `ls' listing.  I
think some more information about each might be useful.

> When return is pressed, it gives errors of:
>         /sbin/dsetup-kbd: [: =: unary operator expected
>         /sbin/dsetup-kbd: [: !=: unary operator expected

This is clearly a bug.

Ian.

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From: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman)
Subject: Defaults Not All Set

Package: base
Version: 93R5

During the base configuration (/sbin/dsetup-kbd, /sbin/dsetup-net and other
places, perhaps /sbin/dinstall), some of the questions do not have default
answers in the form of [y] for a default of yes.

This occurs during the question regarding the set up the keyboard for
non-US (text says can skip it, but there's no default of [n] as I think
there should be), when verifying the FQDN and in other places.

When return is pressed, it gives errors of:
        /sbin/dsetup-kbd: [: =: unary operator expected
        /sbin/dsetup-kbd: [: !=: unary operator expected


I am using Debian 0.93R5 alpha, kernel version 1.2.1 and libc 4.6.27.  I
have installed ONLY the base system for testing purposes.

Cheers,

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-- Grant R. Bowman                                AdvoTech
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