[Debconf-devel] Bug#410704: dpkg-reconfigure debconf doesn't reconfigure

Bob Tanner tanner at real-time.com
Mon Feb 12 20:17:15 CET 2007


Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.11
Severity: important

In pbuilder, I tried to install sun-java6-plugin

# apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
<snip>
sun-dlj-v1-1 license could not be presented
try 'dpkg-reconfigure debconf' to select a frontend other than noninteractive

Fine, so

# dpkg-reconfigure debconf
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/debconf.config reconfigure 1.5.11
debconf (developer): <-- VERSION 2.0
debconf (developer): --> 0 2.0
debconf (developer): <-- CAPB backup
debconf (developer): --> 0 multiselect escape
debconf (developer): <-- BEGINBLOCK
debconf (developer): --> 0
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium debconf/frontend
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium debconf/priority
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- ENDBLOCK
debconf (developer): --> 0
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/debconf.postinst configure 1.5.11

According the the manpage for dpkg-reconfigure:

OPTIONS
       -ftype, --frontend=type
           Select the frontend to use. The default frontend can be permanently
           changed by:

            dpkg-reconfigure debconf

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

This doesn't seem to be the default behavior.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-1-amd64-k8-smp
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages debconf depends on:
ii  debconf-i18n                  1.5.11     full internationalization support 
ii  perl-base                     5.8.8-7    The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis

Versions of packages debconf recommends:
ii  apt-utils                     0.6.46.4   APT utility programs

-- debconf information:
  debconf-apt-progress/preparing:
  debconf-apt-progress/info:
  debconf/frontend: Dialog
  debconf/priority: high
  debconf-apt-progress/media-change:
  debconf-apt-progress/title:




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