On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 12:03:31AM +0100, Robert Luberda wrote: > Adam Borowski writes: > >> If not, what tool and with what options do you run to perform upgrades? > > > > apt-get -y dist-upgrade > > > According to the apt-get man page the `-y' option causes it to run > non-interactively, and apt-listchanges has recently started honouring > this setting, as requested in bug #687443. That's why it forces the > "text" frontend and disables confirmation.
This sounds wrong to me: the option -y is "assume-yes" rather than "noninteractive". Thus, I believe that if someone wants apt-listchanges to somehow ignore explicitely set frontend, it should be a distinct option from commonly used -y. > Is this explanation OK to you, may I close the bug report? What about having a setting for apt-listchanges instead of piggybacking on a mostly unrelated apt-get option? As of 2.86, there's no way to assume-yes on apt while having apt-listchanges obey the frontend. -- A tit a day keeps the vet away.