** Description changed: - Release of Ubuntu: Raring 13.04 - Package Version: 2.5ubuntu1 - Expected Results: rcconf should run in Ubuntu by default because whiptail is installed - Actual Results: rcconf fail to run, people is forced to install dialog to make it run + [IMPACT] - whiptail changed its path since ubuntu precise: + By default rcconf doesn't work unless users install dialog, which is not + necessary because whiptail is installed by default in Ubuntu systems. - newt (0.52.11-2ubuntu10) precise; urgency=low + [TESTCASE] - * Move libnewt to /lib and whiptail to /bin so they can be used by - friendly-recovery on systems that have a separate /usr. + * Install rcconf package + $ sudo apt-get install rcconf + * Try to run it + $ sudo rcconf + * It displays "rcconf needs dialog or whiptail" and fail to run + * Update with the -proposed package + * Rerun rcconf + $ sudo rcconf + * It should run the program - rcconf have a hardcoded path to whiptail who points out to - /usr/bin/whiptail , in Ubuntu it's in /bin/whiptail, therefore a rcconf - change needs to be done in order to find whiptail and avoid installing - dialog, which is not necessary since rcconf works fine with the ubuntu - whiptail version. + [Regression Potential] - This bug is also found in ubuntu: + None, it's a change to the whiptail path. However if the whiptail path + changes again, it'll broke rcconf - quantal - precise + [Other Info] + + This change only affects Ubuntu, since the Ubuntu whiptail version lives + in /bin while the debian version in /usr/bin
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