Package: debconf Version: 1.5.11 Severity: normal If for some reason the postinst script run by "dpkg-reconfigure $pkg" fails, this means that the configuration is screwed, and probably the package is not fully usable. I think it would be a good idea if dpkg-reconfigure would set $pkg to failed-config in this case.
I'm not sure whether dpkg provides a possibility for this, therefore the dpkg team gets a Cc of this report. Regards, Frank -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (99, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages debconf depends on: ii debconf-i18n 1.5.11 full internationalization support ii perl-base 5.8.8-7 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis Versions of packages debconf recommends: ii apt-utils 0.6.46.4-0.1 APT utility programs -- debconf information: debconf-apt-progress/preparing: debconf-apt-progress/title: debconf-apt-progress/info: debconf-apt-progress/media-change: * debconf/frontend: Gnome * debconf/priority: medium -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
