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-rw-r--r--en/appendix/preseed.xml8
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6d2ba7e2d..6e95a26b2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ installation-guide (2011xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* Add a pointer to the unofficial non-free CDs with firmware.
* 1 gb USB key now needed for hd-media. Closes: #666090
+ [ Vincent McIntyre ]
+ * Mention DEBCONF_DEBUG. Closes: #668572.
+
-- Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:47:50 +0100
installation-guide (20110122) unstable; urgency=low
diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
index 762e02bae..b78d1aa4e 100644
--- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml
+++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
@@ -1578,6 +1578,14 @@ This will of course only have effect for parameters that correspond to
questions that are actually displayed during an installation and not for
<quote>internal</quote> parameters.
+</para><para>
+
+For more debugging information, use the boot parameter
+<classname>DEBCONF_DEBUG=5</classname>.
+This will cause <classname>debconf</classname> to print much more detail
+about the current settings of each variable and about its progress through
+each package's installation scripts.
+
</para>
</sect2>