[chef] Re: Re: Call for testing: Ubuntu / Debian packages for Chef 0.8

[Bryan McLellan < >]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Joshua Miller 
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 wrote:
> apt-get install python-software-properties  debconf-utils

I think you only need debconf-utils if you're playing with
'debconf-get-selections' to test debconf.

> echo <<EOF > chef.seed
> # URL of Chef Server (e.g., http://chef.example.com:4000):
> chef    chef/chef_server_url    string  http://mychefserver.com:4000
> EOF
>
> sudo debconf-set-selections < chef.seed

FWIW, you can omit the temporary file:

echo "chef    chef/chef_server_url    string
http://mychefserver.com:4000" ;| debconf-set-selections

Bryan