fai-debconf(1)

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version 6.6ubuntu1 · 2 versions
, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 fai-debconf(1) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the fai-debconf(1) era — this is the little helper that sets your debconf values based on classes ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

fai-debconf — set debconf values using classes 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

fai-debconf [OPTION] DIRECTORY

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

heads up bestie: this command is only called internally by FAI, like it does not get run directly by the user. it's a backstage main character, iykyk 🙈

so here's the tea 🍓: fai-debconf reads the files in DIRECTORY that are also a defined class. and if the name of the class is a directory? then all the files in that directory get read. no crumbs left. 👑

those files have to be in the format of debconf-get-selections(1). periodt.

all of that input gets used to call debconf-set-selections(1). and the way that it does this inside the chroot environment if the variable $ROOTCMD is set?? iconic honestly 🧚

then, after setting the debconf values, dpkg-reconfigure(8) gets called for every installed package that had some debconf data set for it. yes, every single one. slay 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h — show help, version, and a summary of the options. the little "hi bestie here's what's up" flag 🫶
  • -s — skip the reconfiguration of packages. it only sets the values in the debconf database. lowkey the "just leave it, don't touch anything" option 😌
  • -v — create verbose output. she's chatty, she's telling you everything 💬
  • -d — add additional debugging output. and ngl this one implies the -v option, so you get verbose too whether you asked or not 🔍
  • -f — run dpkg-reconfigure for all packages FAI has information on, not only for the ones whose database entries were actually modified. going for the full sweep, no half measures 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

this program is part of FAI (Fully Automatic Installation). the FAI homepage is http://fai-project.org ⭐

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Thomas Lange <lange@cs.uni-koeln.de> 💜

k that's the whole page bestie, go forth and configure 💖

this has been fai-debconf(1) from FAI 3, dated 23 September 2008 — yes she's a 2008 baddie and she still ate, no cap 🎀✨🦋

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