[Debconf-devel] Bug#664825: debconf 1.5.42 asks no questions with option -a

[J M Cerqueira Esteves]

Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.42
Severity: important

Installed debconf 1.5.42 from unstable in a Wheezy system (to avoid the consequences
of bug #560317 & related when running with option -a) and tried to run
  dpkg-reconfigure -a 
(having previously reconfigured debonf for minimum question priority 'low').
It ran for a while (with no error messages) but no questions were asked.

Got the same behavior running
  dpkg-reconfigure -a -p low


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages debconf depends on:
ii  perl-base  5.14.2-9

Versions of packages debconf recommends:
ii  apt-utils     0.8.15.10
ii  debconf-i18n  1.5.41

Versions of packages debconf suggests:
ii  debconf-doc                <none>
ii  debconf-utils              <none>
ii  libgtk2-perl               <none>
ii  libnet-ldap-perl           <none>
ii  libqtcore4-perl            4.5~~svn1145508-2+b2
ii  libqtgui4-perl             4.5~~svn1145508-2+b2
ii  libterm-readline-gnu-perl  <none>
ii  perl                       5.14.2-9
ii  whiptail                   0.52.14-8

-- debconf information:
  debconf-apt-progress/preparing:
* debconf/frontend: Dialog
  debconf-apt-progress/title:
* debconf/priority: low
  debconf-apt-progress/info:
  debconf-apt-progress/media-change: