[Bug 788519] Re: behaviour regression due to apt-listchanges

[James Hunt]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: apt
  
  In Maverick, the following would prompt the user *once* (for the root
  password resulting from the initial 'sudo'):
  
  $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade
  
  Now, due to apt-listchanges, if any changelogs need to be downloaded,
- apt will run until an admin manually pages through the changelog
- entries. This appears to be due to apt-listchanges, specifically
- /etc/apt/listchanges.conf which specifies:
+ apt will not complete until an admin manually pages through the
+ changelog entries. This appears to be due to apt-listchanges,
+ specifically /etc/apt/listchanges.conf which specifies:
  
    frontend=pager
  
  To avoid regressing the traditional behaviour, a fix would be to change
  listchanges.conf to specify:
  
    frontend=text

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Title:
  behaviour regression due to apt-listchanges

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apt

  In Maverick, the following would prompt the user *once* (for the root
  password resulting from the initial 'sudo'):

  $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade

  Now, due to apt-listchanges, if any changelogs need to be downloaded,
  apt will not complete until an admin manually pages through the
  changelog entries. This appears to be due to apt-listchanges,
  specifically /etc/apt/listchanges.conf which specifies:

    frontend=pager

  To avoid regressing the traditional behaviour, a fix would be to
  change listchanges.conf to specify:

    frontend=text