Bug#1049927: keyboard-configuration: should suggest packages using the configuration
Package: keyboard-configuration
Version: 1.221
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
in the newsgroup de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc we recently had a call for
help because keyboard-configuration did not actually set the keyboard
(see news:uaom6s$2daf5$1@dont-email.me et seq.).
The fact that keyboard-configuration only provides the configuration
without actually applying it was overlooked and installing
console-setup solved the issue.
While the package description of keyboard-configuration clearly states
"Other packages can use the information provided by this package in
order to configure the keyboard", it is not immediately obvious which
packages need to be installed to make use of the preferences.
The the question "why is console-setup not at least in Suggests:" came
up in the thread, which led me to write this wishlist item:
Could you please add the most important packages that make use of
keyboard-configuration as a Suggests: dependencies?
I think 'console-setup' and 'xserver-xorg-core' are two candidates for
that.
I am aware of 'apt rdepends keyboard-configuration', but the Suggests:
would be a quicker way and might also point the next user who directly
installs keyboard-configuration in the proper direction to actually
apply the configuration.
Best regards
Christian
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.1
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-10-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE.utf-8
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages keyboard-configuration depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.82
ii liblocale-gettext-perl 1.07-5
ii xkb-data 2.35.1-1
keyboard-configuration recommends no packages.
keyboard-configuration suggests no packages.
Versions of packages console-setup depends on:
ii console-setup-linux 1.221
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.82
ii xkb-data 2.35.1-1
Versions of packages console-setup suggests:
ii locales 2.36-9+deb12u1
ii lsb-base 11.6
ii sysvinit-utils [lsb-base] 3.06-4
Versions of packages console-setup-linux depends on:
ii init-system-helpers 1.65.2
ii kbd 2.5.1-1+b1
Versions of packages console-setup-linux suggests:
ii console-setup 1.221
Versions of packages keyboard-configuration is related to:
pn console-common <none>
pn console-data <none>
pn console-tools <none>
pn gnome-control-center <none>
ii kbd 2.5.1-1+b1
ii systemd 252.12-1~deb12u1
-- debconf information:
keyboard-configuration/unsupported_layout: true
keyboard-configuration/unsupported_config_layout: true
* console-setup/codeset47: Guess optimal character set
keyboard-configuration/store_defaults_in_debconf_db: true
keyboard-configuration/compose: No compose key
console-setup/charmap47: UTF-8
keyboard-configuration/toggle: No toggling
keyboard-configuration/unsupported_options: true
keyboard-configuration/altgr: The default for the keyboard layout
console-setup/store_defaults_in_debconf_db: true
keyboard-configuration/unsupported_config_options: true
keyboard-configuration/switch: No temporary switch
console-setup/fontface47: Fixed
debian-installer/console-setup-udeb/title:
console-setup/fontsize-fb47: 8x16
keyboard-configuration/variantcode:
console-setup/fontsize-text47: 8x16
keyboard-configuration/modelcode: pc105
keyboard-configuration/layoutcode: de
* keyboard-configuration/variant: German
console-setup/use_system_font:
keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap: de
keyboard-configuration/optionscode:
console-setup/codesetcode: guess
keyboard-configuration/other:
console-setup/framebuffer_only:
keyboard-configuration/ctrl_alt_bksp: false
* keyboard-configuration/layout: German
console-setup/guess_font:
console-setup/fontsize: 8x16
keyboard-configuration/model: Generic 105-key PC
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