kde/qt debconf not working

[Harald Sitter]

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Pali Rohár <pali.rohar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2013/12/2 Harald Sitter <apachelogger at ubuntu.com>:
>> On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Pali Rohár <pali.rohar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> has somebody looked at it?
>>
>> There are two versions of debconf-kde. One is written in c++ (which is
>> the one apper/muon uses) and one written in perl (no clue what uses
>> that, perhaps nothing actively). Furthermore the perl thing is
>> actually maintained by debian so there is little we can/should do
>> about this from a kubuntu POV. Please direct your patches at Debian
>> directly.
>>
>> HS
>>
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>
> Hello, this problem is in perl version. If you use dpkg-reconfigure
> debconf and choose KDE backend, then all packages installed via
> apt-get or aptitude will use this perl version.
>
> I can forward my mail with patches to debian ML. But this problem is
> there in stable LTS precise version and it should be fixed not only in
> new but also in LTS versions.

If you deem it worthwhile, [1] describes the process to get updates
landed. All you need is some dev to support/accept your changes.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

HS

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Pali Rohár <pali.rohar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2013/12/2 Harald Sitter <apachelogger at ubuntu.com>:
>> On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Pali Rohár <pali.rohar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> has somebody looked at it?
>>
>> There are two versions of debconf-kde. One is written in c++ (which is
>> the one apper/muon uses) and one written in perl (no clue what uses
>> that, perhaps nothing actively). Furthermore the perl thing is
>> actually maintained by debian so there is little we can/should do
>> about this from a kubuntu POV. Please direct your patches at Debian
>> directly.
>>
>> HS
>>
>> --
>> kubuntu-devel mailing list
>> kubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
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>
> Hello, this problem is in perl version. If you use dpkg-reconfigure
> debconf and choose KDE backend, then all packages installed via
> apt-get or aptitude will use this perl version.
>
> I can forward my mail with patches to debian ML. But this problem is
> there in stable LTS precise version and it should be fixed not only in
> new but also in LTS versions.
>
> --
> Pali Rohár
> pali.rohar at gmail.com
>
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