[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#637087: Bug#637087: Please set FSCKFIX=yes by default

[Daniel Baumann]

On 08/08/2011 02:49 PM, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> I also suggested that it was better if the setting was adjusted at
> install time based on the machine being installed on (for example only
> for laptops or if the desktop task were installed), as changing the
> default might be risky in some settings.  I am not conviced changing
> the default is a good idea, and if you were present at the session, I
> guess you noticed this.

i was present :)

..but having this bug as reminder and reference is nice.

> Perhaps the initscripts postinst should adjust the default based on
> the output from laptop-detect?  I am sure we will get complaints no
> matter how it is done, so we would just have to decide how we believe
> it is best to do this.

how about:

  * if no laptop-detect available, leave default to no, and add a
    priority low debconf question for it.

  * if laptop-detect is available, set default to yes, but ask
    with debconf priority normal.

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