Package: whiptail
Version: 0.52.11-1
Justification: Policy 3.9.1
Severity: serious
Tags: d-i
Using this test command:
whiptail --yesno -- 'Try escaping with yes and with no' 9 25;
echo $?
If you highlight yes and press escape a -1 (255) is returned
If you highlight no and press escape a 1 is erroneously returned
The manual page for whiptail states that pressing esc always returns -1 (see
Diagnostics section)
This program is being used by debconf for package installation and this bug
causes installation scripts to erroneously believe the user has selected no
when, in fact, the user has selected to back out of the menu. Depending
on the
package being installed this could cause minor inconvience up to a serous
issue.
Debian policy manual section 3.9.1 requires adherence to the
debconf_specification manual. Any install script that happens to invoke
whiptail --yesno (as used by a 'boolean' template entry) can misdirect
an installation procedure.
Replacing whiptail with dialog is the only current workaround I can find.
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