Debian Bug report logs - #17877
dpkg: 'help' gets annoying after a while

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Wakko Warner <wakko@ani.animx.ml.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: dpkg: 'help' gets annoying after a while

Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 20:45:43 -0500 (EST)

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.20

WHen I'm at the main menu and go to 'select', it gives the help...  For
beginners, that's ok, but after the user understands how to use dselect, it
becomes very annoying.  If help is needed, then hitting ? should suffice
anyway <g>

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.0 (unstable)
Kernel Version: Linux ani 2.0.33 #1 Wed Dec 17 21:51:33 EST 1997 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
libc6	Version: 2.0.6-3
libg++272	Version: 2.7.2.8-0.1
ncurses3.4	Version: 1.9.9g-8

Message #12 received at 17877-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>

To: 1399-done@bugs.debian.org, 13187-done@bugs.debian.org, 17877-done@bugs.debian.org, 17897-done@bugs.debian.org, 21330-done@bugs.debian.org, 46747-done@bugs.debian.org, 52919-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: these bugs have all been fixed in the latest dpkg (1.6.9)

Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 18:25:13 +0100

Hi people,

These bugs you have reported have all been fixed in the latest dpkg
package, version 1.6.9.

     * #1399: dselect error handling not consistent
     * #6007: dselect pbm.

Dselect now displays a message saying that the database is inaccessible or
that it is locked, asks for <enter>, and returns to the main menu
afterwards.

     * #13187: --quiet|--verbose on update-alternatives don't do
       anything.

Verbosity ($verbosemode) has been implemented in update-alternatives.

     * #17877: dpkg: 'help' gets annoying after a while

There is a `--expert' command line option for dselect that turns off
automatic help messages.

     * #17897: dpkg: dselect core dumped
     * #18028: scanning package dir breaks install
     * #18484: dpkg: "internal error" in dselect
     * #18540: dpkg: unhelpful error message (invalid control file)
     * #22649: dselect crashes

This was an old bug in the "disk" access method, and it seems to have been
fixed long ago.

     * #21330: dpkg: link and use problems on non-snprintf platform

The snprintf usage in that file was fixed.

     * #46747: dpkg: [hurd] start-stop-daemon

This Hurd patch was applied.

     * #52919: dpkg: Dselect main menu title line incorrect (has %s,
       printf problem?).

This %s was fixed.

(Wichert, dpkg maintainer, has told me I may close these bug reports instead
of him)

Thanks for reporting.

-- 
enJoy -*/\*- don't even try to pronounce my first name

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