releasing version 8.68

install scripts may have important output or even be interactive.
  Closes; #425732

Alien/Package/Deb.pm

@@ -87,8 +87,11 @@ sub install {
 	my $this=shift;
 	my $deb=shift;
 
+	my $v=$Alien::Package::verbose;
+	$Alien::Package::verbose=2;
 	$this->do("dpkg", "--no-force-overwrite", "-i", $deb)
 		or die "Unable to install";
+	$Alien::Package::verbose=$v;
 }
 
 =item test

Alien/Package/Pkg.pm

@@ -106,8 +106,11 @@ sub install {
 	my $pkg=shift;
 
 	if (-x "/usr/sbin/pkgadd") {
+		my $v=$Alien::Package::verbose;
+		$Alien::Package::verbose=2;
 		$this->do("/usr/sbin/pkgadd", "-d .", "$pkg")
 			or die "Unable to install";
+		$Alien::Package::verbose=$v;
 	}
 	else {
 		die "Sorry, I cannot install the generated .pkg file because /usr/sbin/pkgadd is not present.\n";

Alien/Package/Rpm.pm

@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ sub install {
 	my $this=shift;
 	my $rpm=shift;
 
+	my $v=$Alien::Package::verbose;
+	$Alien::Package::verbose=2;
 	$this->do("rpm -ivh ".(exists $ENV{RPMINSTALLOPT} ? $ENV{RPMINSTALLOPT} : '').$rpm)
 		or die "Unable to install";
+	$Alien::Package::verbose=$v;
 }
 
 =item scan

Alien/Package/Slp.pm

@@ -114,8 +114,11 @@ sub install {
 	my $this=shift;
 	my $slp=shift;
 
+	my $v=$Alien::Package::verbose;
+	$Alien::Package::verbose=2;
 	$this->do("slpi", $slp)
 		or die "Unable to install";
+	$Alien::Package::verbose=$v;
 }
 
 =item getfooter

Alien/Package/Tgz.pm

@@ -66,8 +66,11 @@ sub install {
 	my $tgz=shift;
 
 	if (-x "/sbin/installpkg") {
+		my $v=$Alien::Package::verbose;
+		$Alien::Package::verbose=2;
 		$this->do("/sbin/installpkg", "$tgz")
 			or die "Unable to install";
+		$Alien::Package::verbose=$v;
 	}
 	else {
 		die "Sorry, I cannot install the generated .tgz file because /sbin/installpkg is not present. You can use tar to install it yourself.\n"

alien.pl

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Note that without an argument, this displays the version of B<alien> instead.
 =item B<-c>, B<--scripts>
 
 Try to convert the scripts that are meant to be run when the
-package is installed and removed. Use this with caution, becuase these
+package is installed and removed. Use this with caution, because these
 scripts might be designed to work on a system unlike your own, and could
 cause problems. It is recommended that you examine the scripts by hand
 and check to see what they do before using this option.

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+alien (8.68) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Show output of installation of package with -i, since some packages
+    install scripts may have important output or even be interactive.
+    Closes: #425732
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 24 May 2007 14:08:39 -0400
+
 alien (8.67) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Update the url to the web page, and remove several other broken urls from