debconf must be initialized before everything else. added more feedback about station and driver during engine initialization. fix copyright notice.

bin/weewx/wxengine.py

@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ class StdEngine(object):
         # Find the driver name for this type of hardware
         driver = config_dict[stationType]['driver']
         
+        syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, "wxengine: Loading station type %s (%s)" % (stationType, driver))
+
         # Import the driver:
         __import__(driver)
     
@@ -413,7 +415,7 @@ class StdArchive(StdService):
             syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, "wxengine: Using station hardware archive interval of %d" % self.archive_interval)
         except NotImplementedError:
             self.archive_interval = software_archive_interval
-            syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, "wxengine: Using archive interval of %d from config file" % self.archive_interval)
+            syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, "wxengine: Using config file archive interval of %d" % self.archive_interval)
 
         self.archive_delay    = config_dict['StdArchive'].as_int('archive_delay')
         if self.archive_delay <= 0:

merge_config.py

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # $Id$
-# Copyright Matthew Wall
+# Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Tom Keffer <tkeffer@gmail.com>
 """weewx configuration file upgrade script.  Use this script to merge new
-   features into an existing configuration file.  The script takes two
-   configuration files as input then outputs the merged contents of those
-   files."""
+   features into an existing configuration file.  The script takes an 
+   installation directory and two configuration files as input then outputs
+   the merged contents of the input files.
+
+   The weewx setup.py script must be in the same directory as this script."""
 
 import setup
 import configobj
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ def main():
 
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
     if options.version:
-        print setup.getversion()
+        print setup.get_version()
         exit(0)
 
     errmsg = []

pkg/debian/postinst

@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
 # abort if any command returns error
 set -e
 
+# get debconf stuff so we can set configuration defaults
+. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+
 cfgfile=/etc/weewx/weewx.conf
 mergeapp=/usr/share/weewx/merge_config.py
 
 # insert any configuration variables into the configuration file
 configure_weewxconf() {
-    # get debconf stuff so we can set configuration defaults
-    . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
-
     db_get weewx/location
     sed -i "s%location =.*%location = \"$RET\"%" $cfgfile
 
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ merge_weewxconf() {
         fi
     else
         # this is a new config, so just insert debconf values into it
+        echo using debconf configuration values from previous install
         configure_weewxconf
     fi
 }