On 2008-12-27 10:35 +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.14.23 > Severity: important > > I've thought about filing this as release critical as it is really weird > behavior and seems like a fairly recent regression from somewhere. > I had already seen this a few weeks ago while using pbuilder and dismissed > it as random weirdness, but I now also see it in Debian Installer. > > Attached the full installation log, but here is a sample: > Dec 27 08:13:51 in-target: Selecting previously deselected package busybox. > Dec 27 08:13:51 in-target: (Reading database ... > [...] > Dec 27 08:13:56 in-target: SELECTING PREVIOUSLY DESELECTED PACKAGE > LIBVOLUME-ID0. > Dec 27 08:13:56 in-target: (READING DATABASE ... > [...] > Dec 27 08:15:28 in-target: Selecting previously deselected package usbutils. > Dec 27 08:15:28 in-target: (Reading database ... > [...] > Dec 27 08:26:47 in-target: SELECTING PREVIOUSLY DESELECTED PACKAGE > EXIM4-CONFIG. > Dec 27 08:26:47 in-target: (READING DATABASE ... > > Note that it seems limited to dpkg and that it's not persistent from one > invocation to the next. The output of aptitude (and apt?) remains correct > in lower/mixed case.
But it also applies to the output of the maintainer scripts called by dpkg. > I guess the first time I saw this with pbuilder was about a month ago. Before > that I had never seen this behavior. > > Any idea what could be causing this switch to all CAPS? Not really an idea, but I see a pattern. The switch to CAPS always seems to happen after a call to set the title in debconf: > Dec 27 08:13:56 debconf: Obsolete command TITLE Configuring udev called > Dec 27 08:13:56 in-target: Preconfiguring packages ... > Dec 27 08:13:56 in-target: Fetched 650kB in 0s (1484kB/s) > Dec 27 08:13:56 in-target: SELECTING PREVIOUSLY DESELECTED PACKAGE > LIBVOLUME-ID0. > Dec 27 08:13:56 in-target: (READING DATABASE ... > Dec 27 08:13:56 in-target: 9314 FILES AND DIRECTORIES CURRENTLY INSTALLED.) > Dec 27 08:13:56 in-target: UNPACKING LIBVOLUME-ID0 (FROM > .../LIBVOLUME-ID0_0.125-7_AMD64.DEB) ... > Dec 27 08:13:57 in-target: SELECTING PREVIOUSLY DESELECTED PACKAGE UDEV. > Dec 27 08:13:57 in-target: UNPACKING UDEV (FROM .../UDEV_0.125-7_AMD64.DEB) > ... > Dec 27 08:13:57 debconf: Obsolete command TITLE Configuring udev called > Dec 27 08:13:57 in-target: SELECTING PREVIOUSLY DESELECTED PACKAGE LIBKLIBC. > Dec 27 08:13:57 in-target: UNPACKING LIBKLIBC (FROM > .../LIBKLIBC_1.5.12-2_AMD64.DEB) ... > Dec 27 08:13:58 in-target: SELECTING PREVIOUSLY DESELECTED PACKAGE > KLIBC-UTILS. > Dec 27 08:13:58 in-target: UNPACKING KLIBC-UTILS (FROM > .../KLIBC-UTILS_1.5.12-2_AMD64.DEB) ... > Dec 27 08:13:58 in-target: SELECTING PREVIOUSLY DESELECTED PACKAGE > INITRAMFS-TOOLS. > Dec 27 08:13:58 in-target: UNPACKING INITRAMFS-TOOLS (FROM > .../INITRAMFS-TOOLS_0.92N_ALL.DEB) ... > Dec 27 08:13:58 in-target: PROCESSING TRIGGERS FOR MAN-DB ... > Dec 27 08:14:00 in-target: SETTING UP LIBVOLUME-ID0 (0.125-7) ... > Dec 27 08:14:00 in-target: SETTING UP UDEV (0.125-7) ... > Dec 27 08:14:00 in-target: A CHROOT ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN DETECTED, UDEV NOT > STARTED. > Dec 27 08:14:00 in-target: SETTING UP LIBKLIBC (1.5.12-2) ... > Dec 27 08:14:00 in-target: SETTING UP KLIBC-UTILS (1.5.12-2) ... > Dec 27 08:14:00 in-target: SETTING UP INITRAMFS-TOOLS (0.92N) ... > Dec 27 08:14:00 in-target: UPDATE-INITRAMFS: DEFERRING UPDATE (TRIGGER > ACTIVATED) > Dec 27 08:14:00 in-target: PROCESSING TRIGGERS FOR INITRAMFS-TOOLS ... So maybe debconf is the culprit? Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
