Ubiquity installer issue: inserting values into debconf and writing to a file during installation

[Pieter van Zyl]

Good day

I have a problem with inserting values into debconf.

I am busy with creating a page in ubiquity to select packages from a
list to install.

I read in the list of packages from a file and then create the gtk
components and page.

Then when the user selects these options I try to insert the selected
values/packages in either: in a file or in debconf

Using debconf:
----------------------
If I try to insert the selected values into debconf I get the following
error:

exception caught in process_line:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/filteredcommand.py", line 112, in
process_line
    return self.dbfilter.process_line()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/debconffilter.py", line 260, in
process_line
    if not input_widgets[0].run(priority, question):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/components/scib.py", line 38, in run
    self.store_packages_to_install_in_debconf(list)
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/components/scib.py", line 106, in
store_packages_to_install_in_debconf
    self.preseed_bool(name, self.yesInstall)
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/filteredcommand.py", line 293, in
preseed_bool
    self.preseed(name, 'true', seen)
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/filteredcommand.py", line 284, in
preseed
    self.db.register('debian-installer/dummy', name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/debconf.py", line 60, in
<lambda>
    lambda *args, **kw: self.command(command, *args, **kw))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/debconf.py", line 96, in
command
    raise DebconfError(status, data)
DebconfError: (20, 'Incorrect number of arguments')

No idea why this happens.

I am iterating through a list and trying to add the package name and the
value true into debconf. Example (packageX,True)

code:
for package in list:
           
            self.yesInstall = True

            name = str(package)
            name = name.strip(name)
            name = unicode(name)

            
           
            self.preseed_bool(name, self.yesInstall) 


I am using the preseed_bool method to insert into debconf

If I create a string value and insert it using preseed_bool it works but
when I iterate using the package names it fails

I suspect it has something to do with the encoding?


Writing the selected values to a file:
-----------------------------------------------


If I iterate through the selected packages and try to write them to a
file I get this error:
       
self.output_file =
open('/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/package_list_to_install.txt',
'w')
IOError [Errno 13] permission denied:
'/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/package_list_to_install.txt'


The file I try to create and write to:
self.output_file =
open('/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/package_list_to_install.txt',
'w')

Any ideas on how to fix this? I have tried to create the file and have
it on the live cd and I still get that error. Do I need to set
permissions or the mode?


Kindly

Pieter

My script class:
-----------------------



class ScientificPackageInstall(FilteredCommand):
    def prepare(self):
        print "prepare"
        questions = ['^scib/install',
'^scib/xDrawChem','^scib/chemtool']
        return (['/usr/share/ubiquity/scib_script'], questions)
     

    def run(self,priority,question):
        print "run ScientificPackageInstall"
        
        if question.startswith('scib/install'):
            install = self.frontend.pvz_cool()
            #self.preseed('scib/install', install)
        elif question.startswith('scib/xDrawChem'):
            math = self.frontend.get_xDrawChemBtn()
            self.preseed_bool('scib/xDrawChem',math)
            print "xDrawChem SELECTED fc: ",math
            
        elif question.startswith('scib/chemtool'):
            bio = self.frontend.get_chemtoolBtn()
            #self.db.input('scib/bioscience','true');
            
            self.preseed_bool('scib/chemtool', bio)
            list = []
            list = self.frontend.get_packages_to_install()
            
            test_string = 'pvz'
            self.yesInstall = True
            
            self.preseed_bool(test_string, self.yesInstall) 
            
#            self.store_packages_to_install_in_file(list)
            self.store_packages_to_install_in_debconf(list)
          
            
            print "chemtool SELECTED fc: ",bio
            
        return FilteredCommand.run(self, priority, question)

    def ok_handler(self):
        print "ok_handler ScientificPackageInstall"
        #self.preseed('scib/install',self.frontend.pvz_cool())
        FilteredCommand.ok_handler(self)
        
    
    def store_packages_to_install_in_file(self,list):
        
#        self.chroot_setup()
#        self.target = '/target'

       
        
        self.output_file =
os.path.join('/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/','')
        
              
        
        st = os.lstat(self.output_file)
        mode = stat.S_IMODE(st.st_mode)
        print "Mode: ",mode
        
        access = os.access(self.output_file, mode)
        print "access: ",access
        
        if not os.path.exists(self.output_file):
            print "file does not exists"
        self.output_file =
open('/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/package_list_to_install.txt',
'w')
        
               
        for package in list:
            print "install: ",package
#            self.db.set(package, True) 
            self.output_file.writelines(package)
        
        self.output_file.close();
#        self.chroot_cleanup()
        #end store_packages_to_install
        
    def store_packages_to_install_in_debconf(self,list):
        
        self.yesInstall = True
        for package in list:
            print "install: ",package
            #this works
            #self.preseed_bool('scib/chemtool', self.yesInstall) 
            
            """
               store the package name in debconf using its name:
               Note(pvz/april2008):
               This does not work. Does not seem happy with the string?
Maybe need to do a conversion
             
            """
            print "str: ",str(package)
            test_string = 'pvz'
            #name = repr(package)
            name = str(package)
            name = name.strip(name)
            name = unicode(name)

            
            self.preseed_bool(test_string, self.yesInstall) 
            self.preseed_bool(name, self.yesInstall)


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