Salt: Need to provide way to signal dpkg-reconfigure when debconf preseed changes

[eugenea]

Problem: if package is already installed and debconf selection for it got changed via debconf.set - the selections will not affect current package state.

Need to provide mechanism to detect changes in debconf selections and signal
dpkg-reconfigure for particular package to enable changes.

[UtahDave]

Thanks!

[umeboshi2]

Maybe I help tackle this along with the fix for the other issue I just opened. Entries shared among multiple packages in the debconf database may be tricky, but the owner of the entry (package) is in the first column of the debconf line.

[Kenshir0]

Hi,

Any news on this? Does it exists a workaround for this issue?

Thanks!

[basepi]

This one's mostly been lost in the shuffle, not sure if there's a workaround. But I'm going to get it labeled properly so we can get more eyes on it.

[Kenshir0]

Thanks for your answer!

[grinapo]

So far so good... 😞

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[grinapo]

A HighSeverity bug autoclosed, mmh. Stoopid bot! Sit! STAY!

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[waynew]

I know that the debconf.set state fires changes - is there any reason that this won't work for you?

somestate:
  debconf.set:
    - name: whatever-thing
    - data:
              'whatever-thing': {'type': 'boolean', 'value': True}

reconfigurething:
  cmd.run:
    - name: dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive <your thing>
    - onchanges:
      - debconf: somestate

[boltronics]

@waynew I haven't tested it, but that looks good to me. Thanks for the suggestion! I used a different approach by making sure debconf.set was executed before installing the package, but your suggestion is nicer in some ways.

It would be ideal if Salt provided a more direct and intuitive way to execute that command on changes when the package is already installed. eg.

somestate:
  debconf.set:
    - name: whatever-thing
    - data:
        'whatever-thing':
          'type': 'boolean'
          'value': 'true'
    - reconfigure: True

[waynew]

@boltronics would it help if we added some information to the docs for debconf? To me it seems like that'd be the most helpful thing here.

[boltronics]

I agree, the docs should be updated regardless of any change being implemented.

[waynew]

Anyone have a reason this shouldn't be closed when that PR gets merged?

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