Bug#928182: debconf: readline frontend does not show options before prompting user

2019-05-03 Thread Heitor Alves de Siqueira
Some minor changes to the patch, to fix indentation and avoid calling Term::Readline->new() twice. From ce8eb9118a35992f1fd7f1cc21be3142b72821a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Heitor Alves de Siqueira Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 10:34:09 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] debconf: fix readline prompt for run-parts

Bug#928182: debconf: readline frontend does not show options before prompting user

2019-04-29 Thread Heitor Alves de Siqueira
Hi Colin, Thank you for taking a look at this one. It has been reported in Launchpad as well [0]. A summary of how we can trigger this bug would be like this: - dpkg/apt triggers a package upgrade - some maintainer scripts are executed with the 'run-parts' tool using the '--report' flag (e.g.

Bug#928182: debconf: readline frontend does not show options before prompting user

2019-04-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 02:55:23PM +, Heitor Alves de Siqueira wrote: > When upgrading packages with apt or dpkg, debconf scripts are ran > through 'run-parts' with the '--report' flag. This causes script output > to be handled through pipes set up by run-parts, and buffers output from >

Bug#928182: debconf: readline frontend does not show options before prompting user

2019-04-29 Thread Heitor Alves de Siqueira
Package: debconf Version: 1.5.71 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, When upgrading packages with apt or dpkg, debconf scripts are ran through 'run-parts' with the '--report' flag. This causes script output to be handled through pipes set up by run-parts, and buffers output from maintainer scripts