Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.91
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear Maintainer,
Attempting to reconfigure a package via dpkg-set-selections, followed by
dpkg-reconfigure, fails with a strange error, and reverts the selections made.
█[hp11][dotfiles][0]$ sudo debconf-set-selections <<EOF
# Size of AFS cache in kB:
openafs-client openafs-client/cachesize string 1000
EOF
█[hp11][dotfiles][0]$ debconf-get-selections openafs-client | grep cache
debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open
/var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied
# Size of AFS cache in kB:
openafs-client openafs-client/cachesize string 1000
█[hp11][dotfiles][0]$ sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive dpkg-reconfigure
openafs-client
Could not execute systemctl: at /usr/bin/deb-systemd-invoke line 148.
█[hp11][dotfiles][0]$ debconf-get-selections openafs-client | grep cache
debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open
/var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied
# Size of AFS cache in kB:
openafs-client openafs-client/cachesize string 20971520
█[hp11][dotfiles][0]$
Ernesto
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.3
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.63+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
debconf depends on no packages.
Versions of packages debconf recommends:
ii apt 3.0.3
ii apt-utils 3.0.3
ii debconf-i18n 1.5.91
Versions of packages debconf suggests:
pn debconf-doc <none>
pn debconf-kde-helper <none>
ii debconf-utils 1.5.91
ii libgtk3-perl 0.038-3
pn libnet-ldap-perl <none>
pn libterm-readline-gnu-perl <none>
ii perl 5.40.1-6
ii whiptail 0.52.25-1
-- debconf information:
debconf/priority: high
debconf-apt-progress/info:
debconf-apt-progress/media-change:
debconf/frontend: Dialog
debconf-apt-progress/title:
debconf-apt-progress/preparing:
