Re: dpkg upgrade: no query to proceed with upgrade

[Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>]

On Mon 27 Dec 2010 at 10:29:02 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My Sid upgraded dpkg from 1.15.8.6->1.15.8.7 and now apt-get  
> dist-upgrade no longer asks if I want to proceed, but starts the upgrade  
> immediately.
>
> Anybody else notice this, or is it just me?

apt, dpkg versions as Bob Proulx. Permission to proceed is requested.
I can get the behaviour you experience with the -y option or with a file
in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ containing APT::Get::Assume-Yes "true";