Bug#85500: PROPOSED] please strengthen section 2.3.8.1's stance on messages in postinsts
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 01:38:53PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
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> "Starting internet superserver: inetd" doesn't seem like vitally important
> information, nor something worth having a "[Press enter to continue]" for.
> OTOH, it still seems worth printing, as discussed some time ago.
>
> This seems either a wishlist bug against dpkg (to always log output of
> maintainer scripts), or a bug against packages that do output vitally
> important information without prompting...
>
The problem is that policy is vague enough that the bugs when filed are ignored
or closed out of hand.
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