reassign 289954 debconf
forcemerge 497357 289954
thanks
[ A bit belated reply, I hope it is still useful. ]
On 2005-12-26 23:16 +0100, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I'm still seeing this problem in a current testing system. In the
> latest incarnation, xserver-xorg was prompting for responses
> (specifically for the device to use for the mouse) and, no matter what
> I typed, it just asked again. When I just hit enter, it proceeded.
>
> The X stuff has shifted over to using debconf. Again, I was running
> inside an emacs shell in a virtual terminal (i.e., not inside an X
> session).
>
> This is a significant problem, as it interferes with installation.
>
> I'm not entirely convinced this is really emacs's "fault;" it seems
> the problem might be with debconf. But the only thing I know for sure
> is the symptoms.
This is indeed a debconf problem, see #497357.
> P.S. I don't usually run apt-get inside an emacs shells. However, I
> don't seem to see this problem consistently even when I do.
The suggested solution mentioned in #497357 is to install the
libterm-readline-gnu-perl package. However, "dpkg-reconfigure dash"
did not work for me; it printed the default value, but changing it had
no effect, YMMV.
Cheers,
Sven
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