package: ftp.debian.org severity: serious X-Debbugs-Cc: aptit...@packages.debian.org
hello. it appears that downgrading the priority of aptitude and friends from important to to standard, we have caused this bug to resurface: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=681347 [i tried stating that this problem happened again in the bug that was created to demote aptitude and aptitude-common from important to standard, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=758561 , but the bug was archived with no resolution] in testing and unstable, debian-installer installations can no longer complete, because they hang at the "select and install" screen. this can be observed in /var/log/syslog: Sep 19 15:43:13 main-menu[4024]: INFO: Menu item 'pkgsel' selected Sep 19 15:43:15 pkgsel: checking for (security) updates to the base system Sep 19 15:43:16 in-target: Can't exec "aptitude": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress line 130, <STDIN> line 2. Sep 19 15:43:16 in-target: Use of uninitialized value in vec at /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress line 274, <STDIN> line 2. Sep 19 15:43:16 in-target: Use of uninitialized value in vec at /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress line 275, <STDIN> line 2. because aptitude is no longer "important", it wasn't installed into /target, and the screen's progress updates failed, hanging the install. debconf-apt-progress either needs to be switched to apt-get, to relieve the aptitude dependency, or aptitude needs to be marked as important again. this problem has existed for at least two months. david -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
