Package: module-assistant Version: 0.10.11.0 Severity: minor When running one of those commands (and may be others), apt-get will prompt if the user want to "continue" downloading dependencies, with a [Y/n] prompt m-a prepare m-a update However, I one simply press "Enter", then the action selected is actually "n" and the installation aborts.
I've attached a sample session below. Franklin $m-a prepare Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.26-1-686 apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.26-1-686 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: cpp-4.1 gcc-4.1 gcc-4.1-base libmudflap0 libmudflap0-dev linux-headers-2.6.26-1-common linux-kbuild-2.6.26 Suggested packages: gcc-4.1-locales gcc-4.1-multilib gcc-4.1-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: cpp-4.1 gcc-4.1 gcc-4.1-base libmudflap0 libmudflap0-dev linux-headers-2.6.26-1-686 linux-headers-2.6.26-1-common linux-kbuild-2.6.26 0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 7327kB of archives. After this operation, 30.7MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Abort. Creating symlink... apt-get install build-essential Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done build-essential is already the newest version. build-essential set to manually installed. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Done! $m-a prepare -t Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.26-1-686 apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.26-1-686 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: cpp-4.1 gcc-4.1 gcc-4.1-base libmudflap0 libmudflap0-dev linux-headers-2.6.26-1-common linux-kbuild-2.6.26 Suggested packages: gcc-4.1-locales gcc-4.1-multilib gcc-4.1-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: cpp-4.1 gcc-4.1 gcc-4.1-base libmudflap0 libmudflap0-dev linux-headers-2.6.26-1-686 linux-headers-2.6.26-1-common linux-kbuild-2.6.26 0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 7327kB of archives. After this operation, 30.7MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://192.168.0.10 lenny/main gcc-4.1-base 4.1.2-23 [208kB] Get:2 http://192.168.0.10 lenny/main cpp-4.1 4.1.2-23 [2318kB] Get:3 http://192.168.0.10 lenny/main gcc-4.1 4.1.2-23 [415kB] Get:4 http://192.168.0.10 lenny/main libmudflap0 4.3.2-1 [77.5kB] Get:5 http://192.168.0.10 lenny/main libmudflap0-dev 4.1.2-23 [21.1kB] Get:6 http://192.168.0.10 lenny/main linux-headers-2.6.26-1-common 2.6.26-8 [3705kB] Get:7 http://192.168.0.10 lenny/main linux-kbuild-2.6.26 2.6.26-3 [194kB] Get:8 http://192.168.0.10 lenny/main linux-headers-2.6.26-1-686 2.6.26-8 [389kB] Fetched 7327kB in 1s (7046kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package gcc-4.1-base. (Reading database ... 95778 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking gcc-4.1-base (from .../gcc-4.1-base_4.1.2-23_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package cpp-4.1. Unpacking cpp-4.1 (from .../cpp-4.1_4.1.2-23_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package gcc-4.1. Unpacking gcc-4.1 (from .../gcc-4.1_4.1.2-23_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libmudflap0. Unpacking libmudflap0 (from .../libmudflap0_4.3.2-1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libmudflap0-dev. Unpacking libmudflap0-dev (from .../libmudflap0-dev_4.1.2-23_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers-2.6.26-1-common. Unpacking linux-headers-2.6.26-1-common (from .../linux-headers-2.6.26-1-common_2.6.26-8_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package linux-kbuild-2.6.26. Unpacking linux-kbuild-2.6.26 (from .../linux-kbuild-2.6.26_2.6.26-3_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers-2.6.26-1-686. Unpacking linux-headers-2.6.26-1-686 (from .../linux-headers-2.6.26-1-686_2.6.26-8_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up gcc-4.1-base (4.1.2-23) ... Setting up cpp-4.1 (4.1.2-23) ... Setting up gcc-4.1 (4.1.2-23) ... Setting up libmudflap0 (4.3.2-1) ... Setting up libmudflap0-dev (4.1.2-23) ... Setting up linux-headers-2.6.26-1-common (2.6.26-8) ... Setting up linux-kbuild-2.6.26 (2.6.26-3) ... Setting up linux-headers-2.6.26-1-686 (2.6.26-8) ... apt-get install build-essential Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done build-essential is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Done! -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages module-assistant depends on: ii libtext-wrapi18n-perl 0.06-6 internationalized substitute of Te ii perl 5.10.0-15 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction Versions of packages module-assistant recommends: ii liblocale-gettext-perl 1.05-4 Using libc functions for internati Versions of packages module-assistant suggests: ii build-essential 11.4 Informational list of build-essent ii whiptail 0.52.2-11.3 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]