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| author | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2009-02-28 16:28:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2009-02-28 16:28:44 +0000 |
| commit | b298837ca9db4dda1c79c82e10212465a6118338 (patch) | |
| tree | f5550237aa030bbe4ad4b681d8bd1a9c144d7bee | |
| parent | 6d94a04b80cfdf4211556b3868e5dceeccb90f06 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-b298837ca9db4dda1c79c82e10212465a6118338.zip | |
Clarify that preseeding aliases are only aliases for question names, and
that a value is always needed as well.
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/appendix/preseed.xml | 3 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index cb252dae7..200d0930f 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ installation-guide (2008xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low devices no longer exist. * Document noshell boot parameter. See #504381. * Clarify behaviour of "auto" preseed alias. + * Clarify that preseeding aliases are only aliases for question names, and + that a value is always needed as well. [ 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 4d3a5afa9..a45fad1ea 100644 --- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml +++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml @@ -516,6 +516,9 @@ nice effects that can be achieved by creative use of preconfiguration. <para> The following aliases can be useful when using (auto mode) preseeding. +Note that these are simply short aliases for question names, and you +always need to specify a value as well: for example, +<literal>auto=true</literal> or <literal>interface=eth0</literal>. </para> |