Debian Bug report logs - #264021
man page of dpkg-reconfigure needs to be clarify (--frontend option)

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Message #5 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Sébastien GALLET <[email protected]>

To: [email protected]

Subject: man page of dpkg-reconfigure needs to be clarify (--frontend option)

Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 21:46:29 +0200

Package:  debconf

Version: 1.4.30

Description : man page of dpkg-reconfigure needs to be clarify (--frontend option)

I've got several problem when installing debian with fai (using non-interactive mode). 
This week, i've submit two bugs for packages that asks for parameters in non-interactive mode:
One has been accepted and next release will fix that.
The second has refused with this explications : 

This is intended behaviour, and all debconf'ed packages behave the
same. Please regard the manpage of dpkg-reconfigure:

 "Note that if you normally have debconf set to use the
 noninteractive frontend, dpkg-reconfigure will use the dialog
 frontend instead, so you actually get to reconfigure the package."

But after my mails, the package maintainer doesn't know.

So, does the note above apply to the dpkg-reconfigure debconf command or to the all --frontend option.

Message #10 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joey Hess <[email protected]>

To: Sébastien GALLET <[email protected]>, [email protected]

Subject: Re: Bug#264021: man page of dpkg-reconfigure needs to be clarify (--frontend option)

Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 16:20:56 -0400

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Sébastien GALLET wrote:
> I've got several problem when installing debian with fai (using 
> non-interactive mode). This week, i've submit two bugs for packages that 
> asks for parameters in non-interactive mode:
> One has been accepted and next release will fix that.

What are you trying to do, get packages to somehow check for
noninteractive mode themselves and not ask questions? That would be
broken.

> The second has refused with this explications : 
> 
> This is intended behaviour, and all debconf'ed packages behave the
> same. Please regard the manpage of dpkg-reconfigure:
> 
>  "Note that if you normally have debconf set to use the
>  noninteractive frontend, dpkg-reconfigure will use the dialog
>  frontend instead, so you actually get to reconfigure the package."
> 
> But after my mails, the package maintainer doesn't know.
> 
> So, does the note above apply to the dpkg-reconfigure debconf command or 
> to the all --frontend option.

The reason it's in the dpkg-reconfigure man page, and the reason it says
dpkg-reconfigure will do it is because only dpkg-reconfigure does this.

(FWIW, the next release of debconf will fix bug #263398.)

-- 
see shy jo

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Message #15 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Sébastien GALLET <[email protected]>

To: [email protected]

Subject: Re: Bug#264021: man page of dpkg-reconfigure needs to be clarify (--frontend option)

Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 23:20:37 +0200

Joey Hess a écrit :

>Sébastien GALLET wrote:
>  
>
>>I've got several problem when installing debian with fai (using 
>>non-interactive mode). This week, i've submit two bugs for packages that 
>>asks for parameters in non-interactive mode:
>>One has been accepted and next release will fix that.
>>    
>>
>
>What are you trying to do, get packages to somehow check for
>noninteractive mode themselves and not ask questions? That would be
>broken.
>
>  
>
just try to correct bugs  ...
Until now, when I've got a bug when configurung a package, I submit a 
bug to the package not to debconf
What should I do ???

>>The second has refused with this explications : 
>>
>>This is intended behaviour, and all debconf'ed packages behave the
>>same. Please regard the manpage of dpkg-reconfigure:
>>
>> "Note that if you normally have debconf set to use the
>> noninteractive frontend, dpkg-reconfigure will use the dialog
>> frontend instead, so you actually get to reconfigure the package."
>>
>>But after my mails, the package maintainer doesn't know.
>>
>>So, does the note above apply to the dpkg-reconfigure debconf command or 
>>to the all --frontend option.
>>    
>>
>
>The reason it's in the dpkg-reconfigure man page, and the reason it says
>dpkg-reconfigure will do it is because only dpkg-reconfigure does this.
>
>  
>
Try to explain again
When configuring a package in non-interactive mode, it's possible that 
configuration scripts break the non-interactive mode to asks for 
parameters in dialog mode ?

>(FWIW, the next release of debconf will fix bug #263398.)
>
>  
>
Sorry for speaking english so badly

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