ubiquity removes packages for non-en_US english locales
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
To reproduce:
Proceed through a normal installation from an Ubuntu ISO (here I was trying today's cosmic daily 20181012). Pick an English (UK) keyboard layout and click on the UK when you see the location map.
Reboot into the installed system, open a terminal and run `check-
Oct 12 15:52:16 ubuntu ubiquity[9934]: Removing libreoffice-
The installer is supposed to keep these packages, as a result of running `check-
Oct 12 15:48:40 ubuntu localechooser[
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Oct 12 15:48:41 ubuntu ubiquity[4546]: debconffilter_done: ubi-timezone (current: ubi-timezone)
Oct 12 15:48:41 ubuntu ubiquity[4546]: Step_before = stepLocation
Oct 12 15:48:41 ubuntu ubiquity[4546]: switched to page usersetup
28520k swap on /target/swapfile. Priority:-2 extents:3 across:744904k FS
Oct 12 15:48:42 ubuntu ubiquity[8547]: File descriptor 3 (pipe:[63593]) leaked on pvs invocation. Parent PID 9406: /bin/sh
Oct 12 15:48:42 ubuntu ubiquity[4546]: debconffilter_done: ubiquity.
Oct 12 15:48:42 ubuntu /install.py[9568]: keeping packages due to preseeding: icedtea6-plugin openoffice.org
Oct 12 15:48:42 ubuntu /install.py[9568]: keeping language packs for: en_US.UTF-8
See that we set debian-
I think it's because the debconf database used in select_
Forget that patch, try https:/ /code.launchpad .net/~ubuntu- installer/ ubiquity/ +git/ubiquity/ +merge/ 356676