[Debconf-devel] Bug#679327: debian-installer: misleading man-db title for grub prompts

[Cyril Brulebois]

Control: reassign -1 debconf
Control: found -1 1.5.46
Control: found -1 1.5.48
Control: tag -1 d-i

(Older versions are also affected, but I'm making sure at least
wheezy/sid versions are marked properly.)

Cyril Brulebois <kibi at debian.org> (27/06/2012):
> Package: debian-installer
> Version: 20120626
> Severity: important
> 
> I thought it was fixed in squeeze's release cycle, but apparently
> not.  Seen with graphical install, on i386, with the above-mentioned
> image, but also with squeeze's business card.
> 
> When reaching grub prompts, the title says “Configuring man-db”
> (even though it's properly localized). Might be some issue on the
> debconf side, I didn't look at it yet.

So, finally tracked it down, confirming my initial suspicion: the
triggers are doing that.

Basically, we have debconf in target setting titles through the
frontend script, even when maintainer scripts are called with the
“triggered” action.

I'm suggesting the attached patch, avoiding setting the title in that
specific case. That doesn't affect debconf-apt-progress feedback: one
still sees triggers being processed (and that's good since they can
take a while).


Confirmed by partial-cloning an archive, hacking hashsums and keyrings
in place, and installing with that… [*crazy evening*]

Does that look fine enough? If so, a quick upload to get that fixed in
testing before publishing d-i wheezy rc1 would be nice. (I'll be
replying to the debconf 1.5.48 unblock request in the meanwhile.)

Mraw,
KiBi.
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