[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#971241: debconf-kde-helper: Boolean inputs are always set to true/yes position, no matter what the actual state is

[Jaakko Kantojärvi]

Package: debconf-kde-helper
Version: 1.0.3-4
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

I noticed that the debconf's kde frontend fails to handle boolean inputs
correctly. The GUI always sets the input to true/yes position even when the
value is false/no. Thus, if the current value is false/no the GUI will always
toggle it back on.

I have attached a small shell script, which does demostrate the bug.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.8.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/24 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US:en_GB
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages debconf-kde-helper depends on:
ii  libc6              2.31-3
ii  libdebconf-kde1    1.0.3-4
ii  libkf5coreaddons5  5.70.0-2
ii  libkf5i18n5        5.70.0-1
ii  libqt5core5a       5.14.2+dfsg-6
ii  libqt5widgets5     5.14.2+dfsg-6
ii  libstdc++6         10.2.0-9

debconf-kde-helper recommends no packages.

debconf-kde-helper suggests no packages.
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#!/bin/sh

tmp=$(mktemp -d /tmp/debconf-kde-bug.XXXXX)

cat > "$tmp/templates" <<EOF
Template: bug-example/bool1
Type: boolean
Default: true
Description: First boolean, with default true
 Yep, this should be set to yes.

Template: bug-example/bool2
Type: boolean
Default: false
Description: First boolean, with default false
 Yep, this should be set to no.
EOF

cat > "$tmp/script" <<EOF
. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
db_x_loadtemplatefile $tmp/templates
# with defaults
db_input critical bug-example/bool1 || true
db_input critical bug-example/bool2 || true
db_go || true
# again, with db_set
db_set bug-example/bool1 true || true
db_input critical bug-example/bool1 || true
db_set bug-example/bool2 false || true
db_input critical bug-example/bool2 || true
db_go || true
# again, with db_set after input
db_input critical bug-example/bool1 || true
db_set bug-example/bool1 true || true
db_input critical bug-example/bool2 || true
db_set bug-example/bool2 false || true
db_go || true
EOF

export DEBIAN_PRIORITY=medium
export DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer
export DEBCONF_DB_REPLACE="File{$tmp/debconf.dat}"

debconf --frontend=kde sh -x $tmp/script

rm -r "$tmp" || true