[Debconf-devel] Bug#636219: debconf-set-selections can't set values (strings) with a hash
Jan Was
janek.jan at gmail.com
Mon Aug 1 14:32:39 UTC 2011
Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.36ubuntu4
Severity: important
debconf-set-selections treats all characters after a hash (#) like a comment,
but such debconf keys as console-setup/codeset47 have values with that character.
It's a name of a font and it starts with a hash (#) or a dot (.).
Maybe the man page or command line help should contain info about comments and quoting.
Please extend the parser (regexps) to allow quoting or escaping characters.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers natty-updates
APT policy: (500, 'natty-updates'), (500, 'natty-security'), (500, 'natty')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages debconf depends on:
ii debconf-i18n 1.5.36ubuntu4 full internationalization support
ii perl-base 5.10.1-17ubuntu4 minimal Perl system
Versions of packages debconf recommends:
ii apt-utils 0.8.13.2ubuntu2 APT utility programs
Versions of packages debconf suggests:
pn debconf-doc <none> (no description available)
ii debconf-utils 1.5.36ubuntu4 debconf utilities
pn libgtk2-perl <none> (no description available)
pn libnet-ldap-perl <none> (no description available)
pn libqtcore4-perl <none> (no description available)
pn libqtgui4-perl <none> (no description available)
pn libterm-readline-gnu-pe <none> (no description available)
ii perl 5.10.1-17ubuntu4 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii whiptail 0.52.11-2ubuntu7 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
-- debconf information excluded
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