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| author | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2009-01-14 14:09:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2009-01-14 14:09:31 +0000 |
| commit | 16f705ea88f0b7e9896ff9ee4571b3767780a202 (patch) | |
| tree | a65ff4216826f334c01a2a76f0b07f45f7bb38bf | |
| parent | c2803f43257ed4a21ad78a3ed5997b36fc2fa3b3 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-16f705ea88f0b7e9896ff9ee4571b3767780a202.zip | |
Add note about preseeding ownership to preseed-seenflag section, since I
had a user confused by this who hadn't found the note elsewhere
explaining owners.
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/appendix/preseed.xml | 5 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index e5fb48b3f..cfb3f8865 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ installation-guide (2008xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low [ Colin Watson ] * Document partman/early_command (added in partman-base 129). + * Add note about preseeding ownership to preseed-seenflag section, since I + had a user confused by this who hadn't found the note elsewhere + explaining owners. [ Frans Pop ] * Document preseeding of network-console now that its postinst can be diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml index cedd384dd..ffd64f8c6 100644 --- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml +++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml @@ -1442,6 +1442,11 @@ setting the parameter <classname>preseed/interactive=true</classname> at the boot prompt. This can also be useful for testing or debugging your preconfiguration file. +Note that the <quote>d-i</quote> owner should only be used for variables +used in the installer itself. For variables belonging to packages installed +on the target system, you should use the name of that package instead. See +the footnote to <xref linkend="preseed-bootparms"/>. + </para><para> If you are preseeding using boot parameters, you can make the installer ask |