Ubuntu
apt package

apt tries to use whiptail, which won't show

Bug #1829776 reported by Daniel Serodio on 2019-05-20

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1827697: Enroll key whiptail prompt blocks kernel header package upgrades. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	apt (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

If I install or update virtualbox-dkms, dpkg needs to ask me to configure Secure Boot. This works fine using apt-get (or a GUI), but not apt. When installing via apt, whiptail(1) doesn't show, and the installation/upgrade process gets stuck, forcing me to kill dpkg then run "dpkg --configure -a", then reinstall virtualbox-dkms using apt-get.

Example process tree snippet attached.

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