What you can do to avoid the prompt is setting the DEBIAN_FRONTEND environment variable to 'noninteractive' when calling apt and the default values will be used.
how would I do this? On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 5:30 AM Lucas Kanashiro <2065...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Hi William, > > Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and trying to make Ubuntu > better. > > As software evolves it may require new dependencies and that is the case > here, one of the packages you are installing now has postfix in its > dependencies tree. This is not a bug, this may happen in a new release. > > What you can do to avoid the prompt is setting the DEBIAN_FRONTEND > environment variable to 'noninteractive' when calling apt and the > default values will be used. > > Marking this bug as Invalid as this is not a bug, but a change behavior > that is expected between releases. > > ** Changed in: postfix (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => Invalid > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2065546 > > Title: > postfix configuration must be set on 24.04 before apt package manager > can be used > > Status in postfix package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > When trying to set up a new 24.04 installation and use the following > commands, you MUST configure postfix even if it is not installed. > > sudo -S apt -y install autoconf automake bison build-essential byacc > cmake csh curl default-jdk default-jre emacs flex g++ gawk gcc > gfortran git ksh libcurl4-openssl-dev libjpeg-dev libncurses6 > libpixman-1-dev libpng-dev libtool libxml2 libxml2-dev m4 make ncview > okular openbox pipenv pkg-config python3 python3-dev python3-pip > python3-dateutil tcsh unzip xauth xorg time > > Even using the askubuntu help page about installing it and purging it > did not make the bug go away. You have to set up and install postfix > to use apt. > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/1192156/how-to-completely-erase- > postfix > > I expect that the postfix prompt wouldn't show up like I would see in > 22.04. > > Only in 24.04 does this happen. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 > Package: postfix (not installed) > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-31.31-generic 6.8.1 > Uname: Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia > ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown > CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME > Date: Sun May 12 19:23:17 2024 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-05-12 (0 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 > (20240424) > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > PATH=(custom, no user) > SHELL=/bin/bash > TERM=xterm-256color > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> > SourcePackage: postfix > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postfix/+bug/2065546/+subscriptions > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2065546 Title: postfix configuration must be set on 24.04 before apt package manager can be used To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postfix/+bug/2065546/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
