Bug#383547: debian-installer: "Go back" option didnt work as expected

[Marc Haber]

tags #383547 moreinfo
retitle #383547 "go back" debconf option doesn't always work as expected
thanks

Hi,

sorry for not seeing this any earlier. reassigned bugs are not
announced to the new "owner" with appropriate bells and whistles.

On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 02:55:54PM -0400, Dan McGrath wrote:
> During setup I got to the exim4 settings. I hit continue by mistake
> during the menu to pick tat i want local delivery only etc. When I
> clicked back, the installer didnt return from the domain name settings
> to the delivery settings, but rather just kept installing debian.

Which debconf frontend did you use?

I notice that the Dialog frontend does not handle "backing up"
correctly for Boolean templates (they do not have a "go back" button,
only "yes" and "no", and Escape is not handled as "go back" as well),
and that the question for root and postmaster mail recipient does not
allow "backing up" as well as this is not handled inside our main
debconf loop.

Greetings
Marc

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