Bug#165921: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#165921: libc6: Please use debconf to warn of likely breakage on major upgrade)
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 10:12:24AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 01:51:47PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >
> > Technically the following solution should be possible (pseudocode):
>
> Not to mention that even if debconf is installed, nothing says that the
> system (especially during a libc6 upgrade) is in any state to start
> debconf up.
At least in the case when apt-utils is installed on the system the
debconf questions are asked at a time when tho libc upgrade hasn't even
started.
Besides my impression with many libc upgrades on Debian machines is that
there's at any time a usable libc installed, or are you thinking of a
specific problem I don't know of?
cu
Adrian
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