Ubuntu
preseed package

Lines containing only spaces cause installer to error

Bug #245256 reported by Iain Lowe
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preseed (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

On Hardy 8.04, if the preseed file used contains any lines that have only spaces on them, the installer errors with the following message:

debconf-set-selections:
shift: 56:
can't shift that many

It also reports that the preseed file may be corrupt. I have attached a patch that should fix this behaviour.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/preseed
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Iain Lowe (ilowe) wrote :
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

For the record, this patch was from me on IRC.

I don't think we'll fix this for Hardy, but I'll get it fixed for Intrepid.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package preseed - 1.37ubuntu2

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preseed (1.37ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Ignore whitespace-only lines in preseed files (LP: #245256).
  * Propagate seen-false preseeding ("var?=value") from the command line to
    /target.

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:18:03 +0100

Changed in preseed:
status: New → Fix Released
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