Hello there!

Firstoff, thanks for creating and maintaining this useful package.
Really appreciated.

I installed it on one box some versions ago and I decided to test it on other
boxes, as well.

However, I have just found that linux-vulnerability-mitigation/20260519.1-1
(currently in Debian unstable) fails to cleanly install, if I choose the
manual mode to select mitigations:

    # aptitude install linux-vulnerability-mitigation
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
      linux-vulnerability-mitigation
    [...]
    Preconfiguring packages ...
    find: ‘/usr/share/linux-vulnerability-mitigation/mitigations’: No such file or directory
    Selecting previously unselected package linux-vulnerability-mitigation.
    [...]

A debconf dialog appears and asks the user to choose a method to select
mitigations. If I choose "manual", the following happens:

    Usage: linux-vulnerability-mitigation install -m|--mitigation={MITIGATION|MITIGATION1,MITIGATION2,...|ALL}

    See linux-vulnerability-mitigation-install(1), linux-vulnerability-mitigation(1) and linux-vulnerability-mitigation(7) for more information.
    dpkg: error processing package linux-vulnerability-mitigation (--configure):
     old linux-vulnerability-mitigation package postinst maintainer script subprocess failed with exit status 1
    Processing triggers for man-db (2.13.1-1)…
    Errors were encountered while processing:
     linux-vulnerability-mitigation
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
    Setting up linux-vulnerability-mitigation (20260519.1-1)…
    Usage: linux-vulnerability-mitigation install -m|--mitigation={MITIGATION|MITIGATION1,MITIGATION2,...|ALL}

    See linux-vulnerability-mitigation-install(1), linux-vulnerability-mitigation(1) and linux-vulnerability-mitigation(7) for more information.
    dpkg: error processing package linux-vulnerability-mitigation (--configure):
     old linux-vulnerability-mitigation package postinst maintainer script subprocess failed with exit status 1
    Errors were encountered while processing:
     linux-vulnerability-mitigation


After purging the package, I tried to install it again, but this time I chose
"none".
The installation succeeded.
But, needless to say, there was no debconf dialog to manually select the
mitigations.
I could however manually install the mitigations I needed with:

  $ linux-vulnerability-mitigation check
  $ linux-vulnerability-mitigation status
  # linux-vulnerability-mitigation install -m CVE-2026-43494


Maybe I will stick to the "none" mode and manage mitigations with the
above commands.

But I think the "manual" mode should be fixed (or dropped entirely).

Please fix this bug.
Thanks for your time and dedication!

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
linux-vulnerability-mitigation, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1137728@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> (supplier of updated linux-vulnerability-mitigation package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:55:08 +0200
Source: linux-vulnerability-mitigation
Architecture: source
Version: 20260629-2
Distribution: sid
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>
Changed-By: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>
Closes: 1137728 1139678 1139708 1140684
Changes:
 linux-vulnerability-mitigation (20260629-2) sid; urgency=medium
 .
   * Adding updated Catalan debconf translations from Carles Pina i Estany
     <carles@pina.cat> (Closes: #1139678).
   * Adding updated German debconf translations from Helge Kreutzmann
     <debian@helgefjell.de> (Closes: #1139708).
   * Adding updated Dutch debconf translations from Frans Spiesschaert
     <Frans.Spiesschaert@yucom.be> (Closes: #1140684).
   * Don't fail on empty manual mitigations, thanks to Francesco Poli
     (wintermute) <invernomuto@paranoici.org> for reporting (Closes:
     #1137728).
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