Bug#70685: apt echoes too much info during install, patch included
Package: apt
Version: 0.3.19
Severity: wishlist
policy 2.3.8 states "package installation scripts should avoid producing
output which is unnecessary for the user to see". Apt's messages during
install are of no interest to the user and are swept away during the install
of many packages. These messages are also not shown when using gui tools
like the GTK apt front end.
If you feel these messages are truly important, please use debconf.
diff -pruN apt-0.3.19/debian/postinst apt-0.3.19.patch/debian/postinst
--- apt-0.3.19/debian/postinst Sun Feb 13 01:51:20 2000
+++ apt-0.3.19.patch/debian/postinst Wed Aug 30 23:32:57 2000
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ set -e
create_apt_conf ()
{
- echo "/etc/apt/sources.list does not exist; creating a default setup."
-
cp /usr/doc/apt/examples/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list
}
@@ -33,9 +31,6 @@ case "$1" in
#
if [ ! -f /etc/apt/sources.list ]; then
create_apt_conf
- echo
- echo "If you wish to change the default sites from which APT fetches Debian"
- echo "packages, please edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list."
else
check_apt_conf
fi
diff -pruN apt-0.3.19/debian/postrm apt-0.3.19.patch/debian/postrm
--- apt-0.3.19/debian/postrm Mon Dec 21 21:06:44 1998
+++ apt-0.3.19.patch/debian/postrm Wed Aug 30 23:33:19 2000
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@
case "$1" in
purge)
- echo -n "Removing APT cache and state files... "
- echo -n "/var/cache/apt"
rm -rf /var/cache/apt
- echo -n ", /var/state/apt"
rm -rf /var/state/apt
- echo ". Done."
esac
-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux geisha 2.2.15 #1 SMP Mon Jun 26 14:24:13 PDT 2000 i686
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.3-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10 1:2.95.2-14 The GNU stdc++ library
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