From wookey@wookware.org Tue Jul 06 10:55:56 2010 Received: from dream ([78.151.164.206] helo=dream.aleph1.co.uk) by stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OW4sc-0005Mv-Cj for balloon@balloonboard.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:55:56 +0100 Received: from wookey by dream.aleph1.co.uk with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OW4sb-00035B-Eb for balloon@balloonboard.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:55:53 +0100 Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 10:55:53 +0100 From: Wookey To: balloon@balloonboard.org Message-ID: <20100706095553.GO7897@dream.aleph1.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: balloon@balloonboard.org References: <20100705144442.20874ce9.codehelp@debian.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100705144442.20874ce9.codehelp@debian.org> Organization: Wookware User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 78.151.164.206 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: wookey@wookware.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=4.5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:14:11 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk) Subject: Re: [Balloon] balloon3-config changes X-BeenThere: balloon@balloonboard.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: Balloon List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:55:56 -0000 +++ Neil Williams [2010-07-05 14:44 +0100]: > The only remaining issue is the root password. > > I am seeking a change to shadow for Squeeze so that it can use a > debconf value as a pre-seeded value (the udeb currently does this but > the runtime package does not). Once that is done, balloon3-config can > go away Excellent idea. Well done for following-up on that. I wonder what other people do about this (buildroot, ptxdist etc)? There doesn't seem to be an obvious place to discuss general issues like this. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/