Merging upstream version 20220508.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

4 files changed, 32 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 6591c7c..06288b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2022-05-08	Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>
+
+	* Releasing version 20220508.
+
+	[ Daniel Baumann ]
+	* Correcting off-by-one error when warning about too long veth interface names in container start commend.
+	* Adding comments about debconf hierarchy in debconf build script.
+	* Using versioned sort when sorting debconf templates.
+	* Excluding /etc/compute-tools/debconf/links from being shown in preseed file selection dialog to declutter automatization symlinks from real templates.
+	* Explicitly prefering links subdirectory over other locations withint debconf hierarchy in debconf build scripts.
+
 2022-05-05	Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>
 
 	* Releasing version 20220505.
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 75b32b6..f5a8b19 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-20220505
+20220508
diff --git a/libexec/container/start b/libexec/container/start
index 1b53628..de6bd84 100755
--- a/libexec/container/start
+++ b/libexec/container/start
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ then
 				NETWORK_VETH_EXTRA="${NETWORK_VETH_EXTRA} --network-veth-extra=${VETH}"
 				INTERFACE="$(echo ${VETH} | awk -F: '{ print $1 }')"
 
-				if [ "$(echo ${INTERFACE} | wc -c)" -gt 15 ]
+				if [ "$(echo ${INTERFACE} | wc -c)" -gt 16 ]
 				then
 					echo "'${INTERFACE}': name exceeds maximum of 15 characters, network might be not working."
 				fi
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ then
 				INTERFACE="$(echo ${BRIDGE_DEFINITION} | awk -F: '{ print $1 }')"
 				BRIDGE="$(echo ${BRIDGE_DEFINITION} | awk -F: '{ print $2 }')"
 
-				if [ "$(echo ${INTERFACE} | wc -c)" -gt 15 ]
+				if [ "$(echo ${INTERFACE} | wc -c)" -gt 16 ]
 				then
 					echo "'${INTERFACE}': name exceeds maximum of 15 characters, network might be not working."
 				fi
diff --git a/share/build-scripts/debconf.d/0001-preseed-file b/share/build-scripts/debconf.d/0001-preseed-file
index 8409486..8e90943 100755
--- a/share/build-scripts/debconf.d/0001-preseed-file
+++ b/share/build-scripts/debconf.d/0001-preseed-file
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ export DEBCONF_NOWARNINGS
 
 . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
 
+# debconf template hierarchy (first match wins):
+#
+# 1. user specified a preseed file through commandline options
+# 2. /etc/compute-tools/debconf/${NAME}.cfg exists
+# 3. /etc/compute-tools/debconf/links/${NAME}.cfg exists
+# 4. /etc/compute-tools/debconf/*/${NAME}.cfg exists (only one file!)
+# 5. /etc/compute-tools/debconf/default.cfg exists
+# 6. user chooses from list of available (if any) *.cfg files
+#    (recursively) found in /etc/compute-tools/debconf,
+#    /etc/compute-tools/debconf/links is excluded.
+
 if [ -n "${PRESEED_FILE}" ]
 then
 	# user specified one or more preseed files through commandline option
@@ -42,6 +53,12 @@ then
 	# available on the system matching the container name
 	db_set container/preseed-file "${DEBCONF}/${NAME}.cfg"
 	db_fset container/preseed-file seen true
+elif [ -e "${DEBCONF}/links/${NAME}.cfg" ]
+then
+	# user did not specify a pressed file, but there is a matching one
+	# in /etc/${SOFTWARE}/debconf/links directory
+	db_set container/preseed-file "${DEBCONF}/${NAME}.cfg"
+	db_fset container/preseed-file seen true
 elif [ "$(ls ${DEBCONF}/*/${NAME}.cfg 2>/dev/null | wc -l)" -eq 1 ]
 then
 	# user did not specify a pressed file, but there is 1 (and only 1)
@@ -61,7 +78,7 @@ then
 	# user has not specified preseed files through commandline option,
 	# showing debconf selection dialog for global preseed file.
 
-	FILES="$(cd ${DEBCONF} && find . -type f -name '*.cfg' -printf '%P\n' | LC_ALL=C sort)"
+	FILES="$(cd ${DEBCONF} && find . -type f -name '*.cfg' -printf '%P\n' | grep -v '^links\/' | LC_ALL=C sort -V)"
 	PRESEED_FILES="$(for FILE in ${FILES}; do echo -n "$(echo ${FILE} | sed -e 's|.cfg$||'), "; done | sed -e 's|, $||')"
 
 	if [ -n "${PRESEED_FILES}" ]