Bug#566677: [Openvas-distro-deb] Bug#566677: prompts user without following Debian Configuration Management Specification

2010-01-25 Thread Javier Fernandez-Sanguino
2010/1/25 Luk Claes l...@debian.org: I was under the idea that prompting during a purge should not rely on debconf being available. Isn't that right? Maybe I'm not up to date. You're right on one thing: purge should not fail when debconf is not available. So if Debconf is not available it

Bug#566677: [Openvas-distro-deb] Bug#566677: Bug#566677: prompts user without following Debian Configuration Management Specification

2010-01-25 Thread Javier Fernandez-Sanguino
On Montag, 25. Januar 2010, Javier Fernandez-Sanguino wrote: I was under the idea that prompting during a purge should not rely on debconf being available. Isn't that right? Maybe I'm not up to date. debian-policy 3.8.2 finally fixed #206684, there is no exception for purge. Thanks Holder, I

Bug#566677: [Openvas-distro-deb] Bug#566677: prompts user without following Debian Configuration Management Specification

2010-01-25 Thread Luk Claes
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino wrote: 2010/1/25 Luk Claes l...@debian.org: I was under the idea that prompting during a purge should not rely on debconf being available. Isn't that right? Maybe I'm not up to date. You're right on one thing: purge should not fail when debconf is not available.

Bug#566677: prompts user without following Debian Configuration Management Specification

2010-01-24 Thread Holger Levsen
Package: openvas-plugins-dfsg Version: 1.0.7-5+svn20090920 Severity: serious User: debian...@lists.debian.org Usertags: piuparts piuparts.d.o Hi, during a test with piuparts I noticed your package prompts the user badly. Prompting in maintainer scripts must be done by communicating through a

Bug#566677: [Openvas-distro-deb] Bug#566677: prompts user without following Debian Configuration Management Specification

2010-01-24 Thread Javier Fernandez-Sanguino
during a test with piuparts I noticed your package prompts the user badly. Prompting in maintainer scripts must be done by communicating through a program such as debconf which conforms to the Debian Configuration management specification, version 2 or higher. I was under the idea that

Bug#566677: [Openvas-distro-deb] Bug#566677: prompts user without following Debian Configuration Management Specification

2010-01-24 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Javier, On Montag, 25. Januar 2010, Javier Fernandez-Sanguino wrote: I was under the idea that prompting during a purge should not rely on debconf being available. Isn't that right? Maybe I'm not up to date. debian-policy 3.8.2 finally fixed #206684, there is no exception for purge. Yay!

Bug#566677: [Openvas-distro-deb] Bug#566677: prompts user without following Debian Configuration Management Specification

2010-01-24 Thread Luk Claes
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino wrote: during a test with piuparts I noticed your package prompts the user badly. Prompting in maintainer scripts must be done by communicating through a program such as debconf which conforms to the Debian Configuration management specification, version 2 or higher.