Frank Küster wrote: > "Olaf van der Spek" <olafvdspek@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> The alternative would be to check for $DEBIAN_FRONTEND, and if unset > >> parse "debconf-show debconf", but this doesn't look clean. > > > > Shouldn't a clean solution be done in debconf code and not in your package code? > > Yes, #367497 Your proposed workaround breaks when the bug is fixed.. Also, if you see the current debconf TODO: Noninteractive frontend: * Just because it's noninteractive doesn't mean it can't output to the console. I think it should so so, at least for errors (in addition to mailing them). That way if an error is displayed and the package install fails you don't just see it dying, you immediatly see why. So patches accepted for this bug. As to the actual question, debconf, by intention, does not provide programs a way to know what frontend is being used. Encouraging fronted-specific behavior leads to unncessary complexity and bugs. -- see shy jo
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