Comments on: Stupid Puppet Trick: Agreeing to the Sun Java License with Debconf Preseeds and Puppet http://blogs.cae.tntech.edu/mwr/2008/02/05/stupid-puppet-trick-agreeing-to-the-sun-java-license-with-debconf-preseeds-and-puppet/ A partial repository of whatever comes to mind Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:51:49 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike Renfro http://blogs.cae.tntech.edu/mwr/2008/02/05/stupid-puppet-trick-agreeing-to-the-sun-java-license-with-debconf-preseeds-and-puppet/comment-page-1/#comment-12556 Mike Renfro Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:54:22 +0000 http://blogs.cae.tntech.edu/mwr/2008/02/05/stupid-puppet-trick-agreeing-to-the-sun-java-license-with-debconf-preseeds-and-puppet/#comment-12556 Odd. I don't recall editing anything in the debconf output; it may have changed with the Lenny release? Might be something else entirely, too. Odd. I don’t recall editing anything in the debconf output; it may have changed with the Lenny release? Might be something else entirely, too.

]]> By: Robin http://blogs.cae.tntech.edu/mwr/2008/02/05/stupid-puppet-trick-agreeing-to-the-sun-java-license-with-debconf-preseeds-and-puppet/comment-page-1/#comment-12521 Robin Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:22:59 +0000 http://blogs.cae.tntech.edu/mwr/2008/02/05/stupid-puppet-trick-agreeing-to-the-sun-java-license-with-debconf-preseeds-and-puppet/#comment-12521 Additionally, there must not be more than a single space between 'boolean' and 'true' or you may spend a very long time figuring it out again. Even if that's what debconf-get-selections provides in your case. Additionally, there must not be more than a single space between ‘boolean’ and ‘true’ or you may spend a very long time figuring it out again.

Even if that’s what debconf-get-selections provides in your case.

]]> By: Robin http://blogs.cae.tntech.edu/mwr/2008/02/05/stupid-puppet-trick-agreeing-to-the-sun-java-license-with-debconf-preseeds-and-puppet/comment-page-1/#comment-12514 Robin Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:46:08 +0000 http://blogs.cae.tntech.edu/mwr/2008/02/05/stupid-puppet-trick-agreeing-to-the-sun-java-license-with-debconf-preseeds-and-puppet/#comment-12514 When I ran debconf-get-selections, the various 'accepted' fields had the value 'select true'. This still causes you to be asked (or, if using puppet, the install to fail.) So this is a note to anyone else finding this: make sure that they are 'boolean true' as they are in this post. It turns out to be something that takes about 45 minutes of staring to work out :) When I ran debconf-get-selections, the various ‘accepted’ fields had the value ’select true’. This still causes you to be asked (or, if using puppet, the install to fail.) So this is a note to anyone else finding this: make sure that they are ‘boolean true’ as they are in this post. It turns out to be something that takes about 45 minutes of staring to work out :)

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