Package: debconf Version: 1.5.27 Severity: normal
When attempting to resolve issues with a new config file in a package upgrade, the dialog (whiptail) frontend for some reason cannot start a subshell to examine the situation. The screen flashses and instantly returns to the menu of choices. After mucking about a bunch, I managed to find that it was printing an error message: "No terminal, and no DISPLAY set, can't fork shell." Of course, there was no pause to let anyone read that message, so it was effectively invisible. This is happening to me on every config file that gets the "do you want to use the new package maintainer's version" set of questions. This is happening running from apt, within screen, if that matters. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30.5-1 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages debconf depends on: ii debconf-english 1.5.27 small footprint English-only debco ii perl-base 5.10.0-25 minimal Perl system Versions of packages debconf recommends: ii apt-utils 0.7.22.2 APT utility programs Versions of packages debconf suggests: pn debconf-doc <none> (no description available) ii debconf-utils 1.5.27 debconf utilities ii dialog 1.1-20080819-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe pn libgnome2-perl <none> (no description available) pn libnet-ldap-perl <none> (no description available) pn libqt-perl <none> (no description available) pn libterm-readline-gnu-perl <none> (no description available) pn perl <none> (no description available) ii whiptail 0.52.10-4 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe -- debconf information: debconf-apt-progress/title: debconf-apt-progress/info: * debconf/priority: low debconf-apt-progress/preparing: debconf-apt-progress/media-change: * debconf/frontend: Dialog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org