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Bug#223872: dpkg ignores preconfigure script failures



On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 06:28:37PM -0600, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2003, Brian McGroarty wrote:
> 
> > Package: dpkg
> > Version: 1.10.18
> > Severity: important
> >
> > dpkg proceeds even if the preconfigure scripts do not successfully run.
> 
> dpkg is not running that.  debconf is.  Which is either called by apt
> directly(preconfigure), or by a package's preinst/postinst.  If it's the
> latter case, it's a bug in the package.
> 
> So, what package are you having problems with, so that this bug can be
> reassigned to it.

This happened during the preconfigure stage after using dselect. Do
you know whether dselect works through apt, or whether should this be
a dselect bug?

Thanks, Adam.

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