Bug#366812: each upgrade of tex-common asks for the group again and again
Package: tex-common
Version: 0.22
Severity: important
(see title). Once I've chosen it, it should not keep asking me what
group I want. Especially when I've not chosen the default value (this is
the case on one of my computers, where it still keeps asking me the same
question again and again).
I suggest that you don't db_ask for the tex-common/groupname if it has
been set.
severity important, because it's near debconf abuse (which is IIRC
RC).
Cheers,
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-amd64-k8
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF-8)
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.0 Debian configuration management sy
ii ucf 2.0010 Update Configuration File: preserv
tex-common recommends no packages.
Versions of packages tetex-base depends on:
ii dpkg 1.13.19 package maintenance system for Deb
ii ucf 2.0010 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.0 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.16 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dialog 1.0-20060221-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii dpkg 1.13.19 package maintenance system for Deb
ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-5.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-3 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.0-3 GCC support library
ii libice6 1:1.0.0-3 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libkpathsea4 3.0-16 path search library for teTeX (run
ii libpaper1 1.1.14-7 Library for handling paper charact
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5.1 PNG library - runtime
ii libpoppler0c2 0.4.5-4 PDF rendering library
ii libsm6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 Session Management library
ii libstdc++6 4.1.0-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libt1-5 5.1.0-2 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.0-6 X11 client-side library
ii libxaw7 1:1.0.1-5 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxmu6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxp6 1:1.0.0-1 X Printing Extension (Xprint) clie
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.4.2-3 X11 pixmap library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii mime-support 3.36-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii perl 5.8.8-4 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii sed 4.1.5-1 The GNU sed stream editor
ii tetex-base 3.0-17 Basic library files of teTeX
ii ucf 2.0010 Update Configuration File: preserv
ii whiptail 0.52.2-4 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages tetex-extra depends on:
ii dpkg 1.13.19 package maintenance system for Deb
ii tetex-base 3.0-17 Basic library files of teTeX
ii tetex-bin 3.0-16 The teTeX binary files
ii ucf 2.0010 Update Configuration File: preserv
-- debconf information:
tetex-base/olddat: true
* tex-common/managecache: true
tex-common/groupname_single: users
tex-common/groupname: users
tex-common/invalid_groupname:
tex-common/singleuser: false
* tex-common/groupname_multi: users
tetex-base/fmtutil-failed:
tetex-base/oldupdm:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
tetex-bin/cnf_name:
tetex-base/updmap-failed:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
tex-common/cnf_name:
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