[Debconf-devel] Bug#443753: /usr/share/debconf/frontend segfaults

[Ionut Ciocirlan]

Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.14
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software

It segfaults with frontend Kde. Can't dpkg-reconfigure debconf as that
causes a segfault too.

Manually changing under /var/cache/debconf/config.dat  
Name: debconf/frontend
Template: debconf/frontend
Value: Readline

fixes the problem. However, if you don't (know how to) do that, package
breakages all over: libc6 fails to upgrade, xserver-xorg got into an
unusable state due to segfault during prerm etc.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (10, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-k7 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages debconf depends on:
ii  debconf-i18n                  1.5.14     full internationalization support 
ii  perl-base                     5.8.8-11   The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis

Versions of packages debconf recommends:
ii  apt-utils                     0.7.6      APT utility programs

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