[Debconf-devel] Bug#398707: verbose noninteractivity

[Lucas Nussbaum]

On 16/01/07 at 09:33 -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > Actually, it doesn't work: the teletype frontend cannot be chosen
> > directly using dpkg-reconfigure -plow debconf, and the readline frontend
> > doesn't select the default answer when just pressing "Enter"...
> 
> You can set DEBIAN_FRONTEND=teletype to get the teletype frontend.
 
Yes, but the main problem with readline/teletype is that just pressing
Enter (as with yes '') doesn't select the default choice. It just asks
again.

# yes '' |dpkg-reconfigure debconf
Configuring debconf
-------------------

Packages that use debconf for configuration share a common look and feel. You 
can select the type of user interface they use.

The dialog frontend is a full-screen, character based interface, while the readline frontend uses a more traditional plain text interface, and both the gnome and kde frontends are modern X interfaces, fitting the respective desktops (but may be used in any X environment). The editor frontend lets you configure things using your favorite text editor. The noninteractive frontend never asks you any questions.

  1. Dialog  2. Readline  3. GNOME  4. KDE  5. Editor  6. Noninteractive

  Interface to use: 
  Interface to use: 
  Interface to use: 
  Interface to use:

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