Package: gcc-3.0-base Version: 3.0-0pre010526 postinst does a 'read', which causes problems for the installer when it feeds debootstrap stdin from /dev/null. Fix is apparently to not prompt if DEBIAN_FRONTEND=Noninteractive.
Richard > On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 03:03:30PM +0100, Richard Hirst wrote: > > I have a problem with this; my gcc-3.0-base.deb has a postinst > > with a "read foo" in it, and a first line of "#!/bin/sh -e". > > That -e causes the script to exit with code 1 when the read > > fails (which it does, when directed from /dev/null). That > > causes the postinst to fail, and debootstrap never manages > > to get all packages configured. > > Check for DEBIAN_FRONTEND=Noninteractive, and don't prompt if it's set > like that. > > Cheers, > aj
