[Debconf-devel] Processed (with 1 errors): Re: How can we quote # in a value passed to debconf-set-selections?

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> package debconf
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> unarchive 589519
Bug #589519 {Done: Joey Hess <joeyh at debian.org>} [debconf] debconf-set-selections does not work with values containing '#'
Unarchived Bug 589519
> reopen 589519 =
Bug #589519 {Done: Joey Hess <joeyh at debian.org>} [debconf] debconf-set-selections does not work with values containing '#'
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Bug reopened
No longer marked as fixed in versions debconf/1.5.39.
> severity 589519 important
Bug #589519 [debconf] debconf-set-selections does not work with values containing '#'
Severity set to 'important' from 'normal'
> merge 589519 636219
Bug #589519 [debconf] debconf-set-selections does not work with values containing '#'
Unable to merge bugs because:
blocks of #636219 is '664976' not ''
Failed to merge 589519: Did not alter merged bugs
	Debbugs::Control::set_merged('transcript', 'GLOB(0x3523910)', 'requester', 'Steven Chamberlain <steven at pyro.eu.org>', 'request_addr', 'control at bugs.debian.org', 'request_msgid', '<4F6FB2BA.7060909 at pyro.eu.org>', 'request_subject', ...) called at /usr/lib/debbugs/service line 872
	eval {...} called at /usr/lib/debbugs/service line 871

> found 636219 debconf/1.5.36.1
Bug #636219 [debconf] debconf-set-selections can't set values (strings) with a hash
Marked as found in versions debconf/1.5.36.1.
> found 636219 debconf/1.5.38
Bug #636219 [debconf] debconf-set-selections can't set values (strings) with a hash
Marked as found in versions debconf/1.5.38.
> fixed 636219 debconf/1.5.39
Bug #636219 [debconf] debconf-set-selections can't set values (strings) with a hash
Marked as fixed in versions debconf/1.5.39.
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