Bug#307935: locales: does not work in non-interactive mode

[rick bradshaw <bradshaw@mcs.anl.gov>]

Steve,
        so here is the background. I preseed the debconf database with
the locals I want to use and then I basically do the equivalent of
dpkg --set-selections and then a apt-get dist-upgrade( not truely what
I do but the process is the same). The locales package prompts me with
an ncurses menu to select locales which the ones I preset are already
checked and I have to manually select ok for it to continue. I first
noticed this yesterday, but it still occurs today( I sync every night
to a debian mirror ).

Also when I run your command on my current machine it also does the
exact same thing. It give some ncurses window to select the locales

I am using:
||/ Name                Version             Description
+++-===================-===================-======================================================
ii  locales             2.3.2.ds1-21        GNU C Library: National Language (locale) data [suppor
 

Rick

Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes:

> severity 307935 important
> tags 307935 unreproducible moreinfo
> thanks
>
> On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 10:48:10AM -0500, Richard Bradshaw wrote:
>> Package: locales
>> Version: 2.3.2.ds1-21
>> Severity: serious
>> Justification: Policy 3.10.1
>
>>  heavily rely on the ability to do unattended installs of debian and as
>>  of recent the locales package has started prompting, which causes my
>>  build process to hang indefinetly. I have always relied on the
>>  non-interactive settings of debconf to solve this and now it seems the
>>  package is ignoring that.
>
> I can't find any problem when running
>
>     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive dpkg-reconfigure locales
>
> Can you elaborate on what, exactly, you're seeing?
>
> -- 
> Steve Langasek
> postmodern programmer