Amr, libgtk2-perl used to be in main (in precise) so a full MIR wasn't
necessary.

Yes, porting debconf's GTK backend to GTK3 would be nice since very
little of the default Debian GNOME and Ubuntu desktops actually use GTK2
now.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1679435

Title:
  GNOME Software fails to install .deb packages that trigger debconf
  prompts

Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in gnome-software source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed
Status in gnome-software source package in Yakkety:
  Fix Committed
Status in gnome-software source package in Zesty:
  Fix Committed
Status in gnome-software source package in Artful:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  GNOME Software doesn't provide debconf support when using aptd. This means 
any package installation / upgrade that triggers a debconf prompt can fail. The 
requested package might not do a prompt, but some dependency can.

  [Test Case]
  1. Install a .deb file that causes a debconf prompt 
(https://launchpad.net/~vorlon/+archive/ubuntu/debconf-tests contains a test 
package).
  $ gnome-software --local-filename=noisy-fake-driver_0.6_amd64.deb

  Expected result:
  Package is installed after a debconf prompt is shown.

  Observed result:
  Package fails to install, no prompt is shown.

  [Regression Potential]
  The solution was to provide a pipe when using aptd to allow the debconf 
prompt to be handled in the session. This could introduce new bugs and/or 
security issues.

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