On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 09:42:30AM -0800, Sean Perry wrote: > The problem is here is the definition of 'vitallly important'. Numerous > packages print information during their postinst runs. When one installs many > packages at once, the information is lost as the next postinst prints its > info. > > What I would like to see is text in policy stating that if a package displays > any information it must be therefore vitally important information and thus > the > script must prompt the user.
"Starting internet superserver: inetd" doesn't seem like vitally important information, nor something worth having a "[Press enter to continue]" for. OTOH, it still seems worth printing, as discussed some time ago. This seems either a wishlist bug against dpkg (to always log output of maintainer scripts), or a bug against packages that do output vitally important information without prompting... Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``_Any_ increase in interface difficulty, in exchange for a benefit you do not understand, cannot perceive, or don't care about, is too much.'' -- John S. Novak, III (The Humblest Man on the Net)
