Package: debconf Version: 1.5.71 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
When upgrading packages with apt or dpkg, debconf scripts are ran through 'run-parts' with the '--report' flag. This causes script output to be handled through pipes set up by run-parts, and buffers output from maintainer scripts nicely for formatting. If debconf makes use of the readline frontend, any prompts will bypass the run-parts buffers and be displayed directly to /dev/tty. This generally causes the prompt to be displayed before the user gets any of the available options for it, and printing will block until the user inputs a valid option.
