Bug#849509: Logs show popularity-contest installation indeed occurs after user says no
OK. The package is actually installed. It is just the message about that being buffered until the next interaction probably.
Bug#849509: Logs show popularity-contest installation indeed occurs after user says no
Hello, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson, le mar. 02 avril 2019 21:21:31 +0800, a ecrit: > Later examine the logs. > You will see actual installation (and then removal) indeed occurs > *after* the user has answered "no". > > So the user's eyes didn't fool him after all. Please read again. Taking the original log as instance: Dec 25 23:38:10 in-target: Preconfiguring packages ... *there* Dec 25 23:38:14 in-target: Selecting previously unselected package popularity-contest. Dec 25 23:38:14 in-target: ^M Dec 25 23:38:14 in-target: (Reading database ... Dec 25 23:38:14 in-target: 15048 files and directories currently installed.) Dec 25 23:38:14 in-target: Preparing to unpack .../popularity-contest_1.64_all.deb ... Dec 25 23:38:14 in-target: Unpacking popularity-contest (1.64) ...^M Dec 25 23:38:14 in-target: Setting up popularity-contest (1.64) ... Dec 25 23:38:15 in-target: (Reading database ... 15073 files and directories currently installed.) Dec 25 23:38:15 in-target: Removing popularity-contest (1.64) ... Dec 25 23:38:15 in-target: Purging configuration files for popularity-contest (1.64) ... Dec 25 23:38:16 pkgsel: starting tasksel Dec 25 23:39:30 in-target: Reading package lists... Questions are asked at the preconfigure stage, which is indeed before installing the package. But preconfigure (thus the question) can't happen without installing the package, even if only to remove it right after that. Samuel
Bug#849509: Logs show popularity-contest installation indeed occurs after user says no
On Tue, 2019-04-02 at 21:21 +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > Actually try this: > When you get to the popularity-contest question, wait a few moments, > then answer "no". > > Later examine the logs. > You will see actual installation (and then removal) indeed occurs > *after* the user has answered "no". > > So the user's eyes didn't fool him after all. I understand that this can be confusing and may lead to users mistrusting Debian, and it would be good to avoid that. But please don't try to tell us how the installer works. The question is part of popularity-contest, so the package has to be installed in order to ask the question. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Klipstein's 4th Law of Prototyping and Production: A fail-safe circuit will destroy others. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#849509: Logs show popularity-contest installation indeed occurs after user says no
Actually try this: When you get to the popularity-contest question, wait a few moments, then answer "no". Later examine the logs. You will see actual installation (and then removal) indeed occurs *after* the user has answered "no". So the user's eyes didn't fool him after all.
