Bug#824065: apt: please provide an option to set DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

[Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl>]

Package: apt
Version: 1.2.11
Severity: wishlist

Hi!
I see confusion among users who want to run everything invoked from apt
non-interactively.  This is what DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive does, but
it's not documented anywhere an user is likely to look, such as the manpages
for apt, apt-get or dpkg.  And even if it was, it's somewhat cumbersome to use.

Thus, what about adding a command-line switch to set it?  I'd propose -Y,
implying -y.