[Debconf-devel] Bug#635032: debconf: question data loss in some frontends (teletype, readline, at least)

[gregor herrmann]

On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:24:52 +0100, Thorsten Glaser wrote:

> Why does this issue still exist? I nearly broke an important
> server right now because I had set the debconf priority to low
> intermediately and just did a regular dist-upgrade and thus was
> re-asked some questions, all good so far, but DUE TO THE USE OF
> CLUSTER-SSH, I HAD A VERY SMALL TERMINAL, SO I DID NOT GET THE
> DIALOG FRONTEND, leading to *DATA LOSS* IN DEBCONF.

I'm using the readline interface of debconf everywhere, and I always
install libterm-readline-gnu-perl to get debconf show the old values.
Unfortunately libterm-readline-gnu-perl is only a Suggests, maybe
moving it to Recommends would be a good idea?
(No idea about the other frontends.)
 
Cheers,
gregor

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