Package: debconf Version: 1.5.53 Severity: wishlist When running in an emacs shell buffer, if no packages are really going to ask a question, the warning below should be printed only once, if indeed at all.
Wouldn't it be better to print the below warning only upon something intending to actually interact with the user? Else if no questions are going to be asked by debconf, the warning is irrelevant. Setting up sqlite3 (3.8.7-1) ... Setting up mailutils-common (1:2.99.98-2) ... Setting up libmailutils4:i386 (1:2.99.98-2) ... Setting up exim4-config (4.84-3) ... debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline Setting up netbase (5.3) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/services ... Setting up exim4-base (4.84-3) ... debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline Setting up exim4-daemon-light (4.84-3) ... debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline Setting up mailutils (1:2.99.98-2) ... Setting up bsdmainutils (9.0.6) ... Setting up tzdata-java (2014h-2) ... Setting up libapt-pkg4.12:i386 (1.0.9.3) ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org