Bug#366907: tetex-bin: Fails to configure, updmap failed

[Frank Küster <frank@kuesterei.ch>]

Ralf Stubner <ralf.stubner@physik.uni-erlangen.de> wrote:

> On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 12:42 +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
>> But anyway, we should try to detect whether the
>> frontend is noninteractive, and output something on stderr in that
>> case.  But how to do that?  
>
> No idea. 

See bug #367497: Debconf should be fixed.

> Everything but the last sentence would be useful for the admin that saw
> the debconf messages, too, simply because it will still be available on
> the screen once the debconf messages are gone. And for noninteractive
> use, the admin should now know enough to find out what's wrong. What do
> you think?

You are right.  I'll see when I find time to add this.

Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX)