On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 10:29:52AM -0500, Matthew Gabeler-Lee wrote: > Actually, it does _not_ prompt ... unless debconf is _not_ installed and > prompting is not possible -- i.e., I think this is a bug. From > base-passwd.postinst: > > ==== > tmp=`tempfile` > if ! update-passwd --dry-run > $tmp ; then > if [ -f /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ] ; then > db_version 2.0 > update-passwd --verbose > changes=1 > else > # debconf prompting > ==== > > I believe that probably should be "if [ ! -f .../deconf/..."
That's a rather strange summary of the code. The bit in the "else" branch is in fact *non*-debconf prompting. -- Colin Watson [[email protected]]
