Re: Bug#2378: Gawk postinst script does not work correctly

[Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>]

'Ian Jackson wrote:'
>
>Chris Fearnley writes ("Re: Bug#2378: Gawk postinst script does not work correctly"):
>> The --quite option hasn't been implemented in
>> /usr/sbin/update-alternatives.  As you can see, my gawk postinst
>> already uses --quite in anticipation of its future implementation:
>
>The quiet option doesn't do anything at the moment, and neither does
>the verbose option.  I'm not convinced that they should be made to.

So should postinst scripts calling update-alternatives prompt the user
so the message doesn't scroll off their screen?

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