2009/11/27 Raphael Hertzog <[email protected]> > reassign 558262 debconf > thanks > > On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Kalle Michanek wrote: > > 2009/11/27 Raphael Hertzog <[email protected]> > > > > > On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Kalle Michanek wrote: > > > > When one runs "dpkg-reconfigure -a" the process stops when it comes > to a > > > package > > > > that has changed from dpkg install-info to GNU install-info. > > > > > > Which package is that? > > > > > > > How can I check that? AFAIK dpkg-reconfigure doesn't display what package > is > > being configured, does it? > > You likely can check the list of process (ps auxf) and find out a package > name in sub-process of dpkg-reconfigure. > > Please attach the output of "ps auxf" when dpkg-reconfigure is blocked. >
Hey, I've found 3 packages that behave like this when using dpkg-reconfigure. These are: autoconf/testing uptodate 2.64-4 coreutils/testing uptodate 7.4-2 cpio/testing uptodate 2.10-1 sml-mode/testing uptodate 4.0-7 However, they aren't listed with ps auxf, as dpkg-reconfigure terminates after the error message is shown. I found them manually (when I was bored and started to play with apt-show-versions). dpkg-reconfigure -a comes to autoconf on my desktop and to coreutils on my laptop (where autoconf apparently isn't installed). > > > > That package should be fixed, there's nothing dpkg can do. The problem > is > > > probably the unexpected output that debconf is receiving but the > > > solution might be to fix the package to not call install-info any more. > > > > > > (Or it's something totally unrelated) > > > > I see. Then I suggest, if it's possible, that dpkg-reconfigure should > > continue with the next packages that are reconfigurable instead of > stopping. > > Maybe that makes this bugreport a wishlist item instead, I don't know. > > dpkg-reconfigure is not part of dpkg but of "debconf". Thus reassigning. > Its maitainers can reassign or clone the bug report to the problematic > package once it's known. > > Oh, I'm sorry. I thought it was part of dpkg because dpkg was in the packages name. My bad. /K
