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

[Julien Cristau]

Control: severity -1 normal

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

> severity 635032 serious
> thanks
> 
> 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.
> 
No amount of shouting is going to make this bug serious.  If you want to
shout, go do it somewhere else, don't abuse the bts.

Cheers,
Julien
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