[Bug 389035] Re: Strange dialog during upgrade

[Daniel Hartwig]

This is a debconf dialog.

** Package changed: aptitude (Ubuntu) => debconf (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  Strange dialog during upgrade

Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Invalid
Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  EDIT : I added a document (OpenOffice format) with snapshots of the
  strange "Debconf" popup mentioned in this bug...

  
  During last Ubuntu upgrade (from Intrepid to Jaunty), I faced quite a strange dialog, that asked me what to do regarding either the menu.lst or xorg.conf file (not sure...), and that proposed me several actions in a drop down menu. Actions that were possible were something like "Compare files", "Compare side by side", "Keep current", etc. 

  Some of the actions possible where not running ok (If my memory does
  not fail, I think "compare side by side" did not run ok), and the
  other comparison tool was pretty useless for a non-geek (differences
  and similarities were displayed with @ & + characters at the beginning
  of the line...

  This kind of dialog is terrific, for "lambda users", who have no chance to :
  - figure out why the system asks something (most "normal" people don't know what "menu.lst" or "xorg.conf" are...)
  - get good clues about which choice to make

  
  I know this is not precise enough to be a good bug report, but I did not save snapshots of this, and have no idea of the way I can reproduce this...

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