Bug#599525: [update-manager-gnome] does not show debconf questions (missing dependency on libgnome2-perl?)

[Zoran Dzelajlija]

Package: update-manager-gnome
Version: 0.200.4-1
Severity: important

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I'm using update-notifier inside Xfce; clicking on it seems to start
update-manager-gnome.  Upgrades done using this tool seem to be lacking some
functionality.  A excerpt from the Installing Updates terminal, _hidden by
default_:

[...]
(Reading database ... 296852 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libk5crypto3 1.8.3+dfsg~beta1-1 (using .../libk5crypto3_1.8.3+dfsg-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libk5crypto3 ...
[...]
Processing triggers for man-db ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Gnome
debconf: (Unable to load Gnome -- is libgnome2-perl installed?)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
[...]
Setting up libkrb5support0 (1.8.3+dfsg-1) ...
Setting up libk5crypto3 (1.8.3+dfsg-1) ...
Setting up libkrb5-3 (1.8.3+dfsg-1) ...
Setting up libgssapi-krb5-2 (1.8.3+dfsg-1) ...
Setting up dctrl-tools (2.14.3) ...
Setting up libsvn1 (1.6.12dfsg-2) ...
Setting up subversion (1.6.12dfsg-2) ...
Setting up linux-base (2.6.36~rc6-1~experimental.1) ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Gnome
debconf: (Unable to load Gnome -- is libgnome2-perl installed?)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
[...]

I don't know whether any of the packages in the upgrade would have asked me
something or not.  Not even the Readline interface was provided in the
terminal.

Regards,
Zoran
--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.35-trunk-686

Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  700 testing         security.debian.org 
  700 testing         debian.iskon.hr 
  500 squeeze         www.lamaresh.net 
  400 stable          debian.iskon.hr 
  400 stable          deb.opera.com 
  300 unstable        www.debian-multimedia.org 
  300 unstable        debian.iskon.hr 
  200 experimental    debian.iskon.hr 

--- Package information. ---
Depends                     (Version) | Installed
=====================================-+-==============
python                                | 2.6.5-13
python-support            (>= 0.90.0) | 1.0.10
gconf2                  (>= 2.28.1-2) | 2.28.1-4
update-manager-core     (= 0.200.4-1) | 0.200.4-1
python-gconf                          | 2.28.1-1
python-dbus                           | 0.83.1-1
python-gtk2                           | 2.17.0-4
gksu                                  | 2.0.2-3
python-gobject            (>= 2.16.1) | 2.21.4+is.2.21.3-1
python-vte                            | 1:0.24.3-1


Package's Recommends field is empty.

Suggests                     (Version) | Installed
======================================-+-===========
update-notifier                        | 0.99.3debian6
software-properties-gtk                |