[Bug 1201046] Re: Even basic help options are missing from the whiptail dialog

[Andreas Moog]

The package responsible should be newt and there is a 7 year old bug in
debian's BTS, linking that, but I wouldn't hold my breath for a change
in behaviour. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=354297

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #354297
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=354297

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

** Changed in: newt (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: newt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Also affects: newt (Debian) via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=354297
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  Even basic help options are missing from the whiptail dialog

Status in “newt” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “newt” package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Basic help for using the whiptail dialog need to be present in the
  package reconfiguration dialogue that may be presented to the user
  after updating grub. For instance, that TAB moves from option to
  option, SPACE toggles options, and ENTER moves on to the next step.

  There are no help options for how to work the dialog presented to the
  user. The typical user isn't going to know how to work a whiptail
  dialog. They are not even going to know that the dialog is presented
  by a program called "whiptail", and so are not likely to read its man
  page.

  Pressing ENTER in the dialog may send the User back the beginning, if
  an option otherwise needed to the selected.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: grub2-common 2.00-15ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-0.7-generic 3.10.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 3.10.0-0-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Jul 13 19:42:06 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-02 (314 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120902)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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