[Pkg-kbd-devel] Bug#420831: console-setup: debconf confmodule should not be sourced in the middle of a script

[Colin Watson]

Package: console-setup
Version: 1.15
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

debian/console-setup.postinst sources /usr/share/debconf/confmodule in
the middle of its operation - in the d-i case, it does so after sourcing
/usr/share/console-setup-mini/console-setup.config. This is generally a
really bad idea. The debconf confmodule may re-exec the calling script
under a debconf frontend, so you generally want to source it right at
the top. As it happens I think everything is set up so that this doesn't
cause a problem at the moment, but it would be best to fix it anyway in
case a problem is introduced there in the future. Patch attached.

Thanks,

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]
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