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[Colin Watson <cjwatson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This feature was intentionally removed:

debconf (1.5.52) unstable; urgency=low

  [Joey Hess]
  * Remove dpkg-reconfigure -a, which existed only to accumulate bug
    reports about bugs in other packages.
    Closes: #721329, #664825, #558262, #617618, #707987

You can certainly use workarounds such as enumerating all other packages
and reconfiguring them individually, although it is not generally a
useful thing to do.

** Changed in: debconf (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1463672

Title:
  -a and -all swith for dpkg-reconfigure do not work under 15.04

Status in debconf package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:

  I - release
  masterkey:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 15.04
  Release:	15.04

  2
  masterkey:~$ apt-cache policy dpkg
  dpkg:
    Installed: 1.17.25ubuntu1
    Candidate: 1.17.25ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 1.17.25ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  
  3 Expect all switch to work 

  4 - Doesn't work
  masterkey:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh -a
  Unknown option: a
  Usage: dpkg-reconfigure [options] packages
    -u,  --unseen-only		Show only not yet seen questions.
         --default-priority	Use default priority instead of low.
         --force			Force reconfiguration of broken packages.
         --no-reload		Do not reload templates. (Use with caution.)
    -f,  --frontend		Specify debconf frontend to use.
    -p,  --priority		Specify minimum priority question to show.
         --terse			Enable terse mode.
  masterkey:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh --all
  Unknown option: all
  Usage: dpkg-reconfigure [options] packages
    -u,  --unseen-only		Show only not yet seen questions.
         --default-priority	Use default priority instead of low.
         --force			Force reconfiguration of broken packages.
         --no-reload		Do not reload templates. (Use with caution.)
    -f,  --frontend		Specify debconf frontend to use.
    -p,  --priority		Specify minimum priority question to show.
         --terse			Enable terse mode.

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