[Debconf-devel] Bug#398707: debconf: noninteractive frontend should display questions being asked

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.8
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

I use the noninteractive debconf frontend during rebuilds or piuparts
tests of the archive. However, sometimes, this lead to false positives,
or makes the logs harder to understand.

One example of that is bug #398630 against ltsp-client, which displays
a warning using db_input saying "this should not be installed on a
regular machine". With the noninteractive frontend, this message is not
unseen.

It would be great if the noninteractive frontend could optionnally
display questions being asked and the answer choosen to stdout.

I would like to work on fixing that ; any directions on how this should
be implemented ? different frontend ? inside noninteractive ? how should
the user decide if he wants the verbose output ?

Thank you,
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