# Frozen process when you run "dpkg-reconfigure"

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/frozen-process-when-you-run-dpkg-reconfigure/19968>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [December 9, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/frozen-process-when-you-run-dpkg-reconfigure/19968 "2015-12-09T02:09:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ivan\_Nunes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@Ivan\_Nunes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ivan_Nunes)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/frozen-process-when-you-run-dpkg-reconfigure/19968/1 "2015-12-09T02:09:40Z")

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The process stand by and simply does not end the execution of the playbook. It will be a failure ansible or failure is a parameter of dpkg command?

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/frozen-process-when-you-run-dpkg-reconfigure/19968/2 "2016-01-26T04:27:53Z")

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even when noninteractive is passed, it can prompt for answers, try  
running manually and see what the question is, debconf can be used to  
set the answer ahead of time and avoid prompting.

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**Author:** ![Ivan\_Nunes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@Ivan\_Nunes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ivan_Nunes)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/frozen-process-when-you-run-dpkg-reconfigure/19968/3 "2016-01-26T12:42:20Z")

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Thanks, I also arrived at the same conclusion.