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mythweb0.23.0+fixes24104-0ubuntu2 for lucid appears to be overwriting preseed information and setting the mythwebonly value to true on noninteractive install

Asked by Ryan

The following are results of debconf-get-selections prior to and after the mythweb package installation, the seed is generated by debconf-set-selections <file_name>:

Prior to install:
mythweb mythweb/enable boolean false
mythweb mythweb/only boolean false

After install:
# Would you like to password-protect your MythWeb?
mythweb mythweb/enable boolean false
# Will you be using this webserver exclusively with mythweb?
mythweb mythweb/only boolean true

Installation syntax:
apt-get install mythweb

/var/cache/debconf/config.dat before:
Name: mythweb/enable
Template: mythweb/enable
Value: false
Owners: mythweb
Flags: seen

Name: mythweb/only
Template: mythweb/only
Value: false
Owners: mythweb
Flags: seen

after:
Name: mythweb/enable
Template: mythweb/enable
Value: false
Owners: mythweb
Flags: seen

Name: mythweb/only
Template: mythweb/only
Value: true
Owners: mythweb
Flags: seen

Is this a defect in the package configuration or am I doing something wrong?

Thank you!

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Ryan (murdock304) said : 		#1

it appears that by pre-populating the /etc/default/mythweb prior to installation allows the same effect as pre-seeding with debconf-set-selections, is this the recommended method to pre-set the package installation preferences?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

I can only suggest you log a bug if you suspect a bug in the package

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