reassign 668129 debconf thanks On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 04:32, Jayen Ashar <[email protected]> wrote: > * What led up to the situation? > Running `/usr/bin/apt-get -o quiet=1 dist-upgrade -y --no-download -q -u` > > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > Piping output to another command. Enabling quiet from the command line. > > * What was the outcome of this action? > Getting the line: ^MExtracting templates from packages: 26%^MExtracting > templates from packages: 52%^MExtracting templates from packages: > 78%^MExtracting templates from packages: 100% > > * What outcome did you expect instead? > An output without control characters, especially because the output is > not a terminal. Ideally, "Extracting templates from packages:" should > not appear when piping the output and/or when using quiet settings. […] > -- apt-config dump -- […] > DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; > DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; […]
The messages are generated by dpkg-preconfigure, not by apt-get. apt-get just acts on your configuration and executes it for you. I am not sure though how that should be fixed… Best regards David Kalnischkies -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
