Bug#950493: steam:i386: Fails to install when using debconf priority critical

[Witold Baryluk]

Package: steam
Version: 1.0.0.61-2
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

# apt install steam
...

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  steam:i386
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/1,457 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,505 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 636645 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../steam_1.0.0.61-2_i386.deb ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/steam_1.0.0.61-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 new steam:i386 package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Installation terminated: Steam License Agreement was DECLINED.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/steam_1.0.0.61-2_i386.deb
needrestart is being skipped since dpkg has failed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
#


It DID NOT ask me anything about license at all.

Why do I need to accept steam license anyway explicitly anyway. I am
requesting installation, so it is quite obvious.

My debconf priority is 'critical'. But this totally looks like a question
that needs to be asked, so it should be critical.

If I change my debconf priority to high, and then retry, it asks me to
agree and finishes successfully.




-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers testing-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 5.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/32 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages steam:i386 depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.73
ii  libc6                  2.29-9
ii  libgl1-mesa-dri        19.3.3-1
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx        19.3.3-1
ii  libgpg-error0          1.36-7
ii  libstdc++6             9.2.1-25
ii  libudev1               244.1-2
ii  libx11-6               2:1.6.8-1
ii  libxcb-dri3-0          1.13.1-3
ii  libxinerama1           2:1.1.4-2
ii  xz-utils               5.2.4-1+b1

Versions of packages steam:i386 recommends:
ii  ca-certificates                       20190110
ii  fontconfig                            2.13.1-2+b1
ii  fonts-liberation                      1:1.07.4-10
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]  3.34.2-1
ii  libxss1                               1:1.2.3-1
ii  mate-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]   1.22.1-1
ii  mesa-vulkan-drivers                   19.3.3-1
ii  mlterm [x-terminal-emulator]          3.8.9-1
ii  rxvt-unicode [x-terminal-emulator]    9.22-6+b2
ii  steam-devices                         1.0.0.61-2
ii  terminator [x-terminal-emulator]      1.91-4
ii  xiterm+thai [x-terminal-emulator]     1.10-2+b2
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]           352-1

Versions of packages steam:i386 suggests:
pn  nvidia-driver-libs-i386  <none>
pn  nvidia-vulkan-icd        <none>

-- no debconf information