severity 356997 normal thanks On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 09:37:31AM +0100, Tim Krah wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.6.43.3 > Severity: important > Tags: l10n > > In the german locale (de_DE), apt asks: > > Möchten Sie fortfahren [J/n]? > (Do you want to continue [Y/n]?) > > and eventually > > Diese Pakete ohne Überprüfung installieren [j/N]? > (Install these packages without verification [y/N]?) > > > If you answer 'j' apt acts as if you'd answer 'n'! > Only if you answer 'y' apt continues as expected. > This normally does not occur in the first case, as 'y' is the predefined > answer and you virtually allways only hit enter. > But in the second case the predefined answer is 'n', so you have to tell > apt that you really want to install these packages by answering 'j', > what causes apt to cancel because it expects 'y'! > > This is not clear to the user and is not what you would expect.
apt uses nl_langinfo(YESEXPR) to match affirmative and negative answers; it shouldn't expect 'y'. Can you provide more detail about your circumstances which might help explain why that isn't working for you? -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
