#616315 cdebconf in d-i via serial hides the option to go back

Package:
cdebconf
Source:
cdebconf
Description:
Debian Configuration Management System (C-implementation)
Submitter:
Ian Jackson
Date:
2021-11-04 00:18:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#616315#5
Date:
2011-03-03 12:40:12 UTC
From:
To:
When running the squeeze installer via a serial console there should
be something in the prompt to tell you that you can go back; you
shouldn't have to read the help to know this.

The help is very long and "go back" is an important option.

Also I'm not convinced that having the "go back" option presented in
the help text only when it's available is a good idea.  I got the help
text from one prompt, which happened to be one which didn't have a "go
back" option, and that gave me the idea that it just wasn't possible.

In case it's of any use, attached is a transcript of me struggling
with it, before I got helpful advice on IRC to try "<".

Thanks,
Ian.
#616315#10
Date:
2011-03-03 21:43:41 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

A Quinta 03 Março 2011 12:40:12 Ian Jackson você escreveu:

In attachment a patch for cdebconf to be reviewed.
#616315#15
Date:
2011-03-04 06:10:32 UTC
From:
To:
Miguel Figueiredo wrote:

Thanks for working on this.

Since backup support can be disabled or enabled at various times, a
fully correct patch would conditionalise the text on its status.

That may not matter in the context of using cdebconf in d-i, where
everything or almost everything supports backup. But it would matter
more when cdebconf is used on the installed system.
#616315#20
Date:
2011-03-04 07:26:25 UTC
From:
To:
Quoting Miguel Figueiredo (elmig@debianpt.org):

Prompt: '%c': help, '%c': go back, default: '%d'>
#616315#25
Date:
2011-03-04 21:15:43 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

A Sexta 04 Março 2011 07:26:25 Christian PERRIER você escreveu:

Here it goes the patch with Christian's suggestion.
#616315#30
Date:
2011-03-05 10:20:11 UTC
From:
To:
Quoting Miguel Figueiredo (elmig@debianpt.org):

There are a few inconsistencies in spaces:
                                                           ^^^^^
                                                        ^^^^^^^^^^

Is the difference between %s and %d needed. That adds an extra string
to translate.
#616315#35
Date:
2011-03-09 21:36:37 UTC
From:
To:
Hi all,

A Sábado 05 Março 2011 10:20:11 Christian PERRIER você escreveu:

[...]

New proposal for the messages.
#616315#40
Date:
2011-03-10 11:00:04 UTC
From:
To:
Miguel Figueiredo <elmig@debianpt.org> writes:

You still don't seem to handle the case when going back isn't
supported.  Is that entirely forbidden in the installer?
#616315#45
Date:
2011-03-10 05:52:45 UTC
From:
To:
Quoting Miguel Figueiredo (elmig@debianpt.org):

I ack'ed them on IRC. This mail just for the record.
#616315#50
Date:
2011-03-10 14:16:41 UTC
From:
To:
Miguel,

Take a look on Joey comment about it not being support in case it has
backup disabled. It needs to support both behaviours.
#616315#55
Date:
2011-03-10 21:52:32 UTC
From:
To:
Hi all,

now i have created messages for systems that support 'go back' and conditions
to deal with it.
I tested the udebs installing on a kvm and i get a text mode installer with
the 'go back' in the prompt.
#616315#60
Date:
2017-04-12 10:37:42 UTC
From:
To:
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