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@@ -225,6 +225,38 @@ Downloading and installing an "all-in-one" .deb or .rpm sounds great at first,
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except if you have no way to figure out that it contains a copy of the
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OpenSSL library vulnerable to the [Heartbleed](http://heartbleed.com/) bug.
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+### Why is `DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive` discouraged in Dockerfiles?
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+When building Docker images on Debian and Ubuntu you may have seen errors like:
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+ unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
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+These errors don't stop the image from being built but inform you that the
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+installation process tried to open a dialog box, but was unable to.
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+Generally, these errors are safe to ignore.
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+Some people circumvent these errors by changing the `DEBIAN_FRONTEND`
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+environment variable inside the Dockerfile using:
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+ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
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+This prevents the installer from opening dialog boxes during installation
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+which stops the errors.
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+While this may sound like a good idea, it *may* have side effects.
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+The `DEBIAN_FRONTEND` environment variable will be inherited by all
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+images and containers built from your image, effectively changing
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+their behavior. People using those images will run into problems when
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+installing software interactively, because installers will not show
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+any dialog boxes.
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+Because of this, and because setting `DEBIAN_FRONTEND` to `noninteractive` is
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+mainly a 'cosmetic' change, we *discourage* changing it.
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+If you *really* need to change its setting, make sure to change it
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+back to its [default value](https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s03.html.en)
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+afterwards.
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### Can I help by adding some questions and answers?
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Definitely! You can fork [the repo](https://github.com/docker/docker) and
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