Debian bug report logs - #1399
dselect error handling not consistent

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Package: dpkg
Version: 0.93.76

Bill Mitchell writes ("dselect error handling not consistent"):
> If invoked while a dselect [I]nstall is running elsewhere,
> [U]pdate, [S]elect, and [I]nstall bail out, while [C]onfig
> and [R]emove supply an error message end return to the main
> menu.

I don't have time to fix this now.  I'm putting it into the bug
tracking system, quietly, so that I don't forget it.

Ian.