Public bug reported: Binary package hint: debconf
Since July 17th, Gutsy's debconf complain when apt-get is run within a script: # /usr/bin/apt-get -q -y -u upgrade Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following packages will be upgraded: apt apt-utils binutils dhcp3-client dhcp3-common dpkg dpkg-dev e2fslibs e2fsprogs gcc-4.2-base libblkid1 libc6 libc6-dev libc6-i686 libcomerr2 libcurl3-gnutls libdevmapper1.02.1 libgcc1 libss2 libstdc++6 libuuid1 libvolume-id0 linux-libc-dev perl perl-base perl-modules python2.5 python2.5-minimal udev vim-common vim-tiny volumeid 32 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 4258kB/28.3MB of archives. After unpacking 20.5kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main python2.5 2.5.1-1ubuntu4 [3090kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main python2.5-minimal 2.5.1-1ubuntu4 [1168kB] debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype dpkg-preconfigure: unable to re-open stdin: Fetched 4258kB in 0s (9401kB/s) (Reading database ... 12243 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace dpkg 1.14.4+svn20070602r802-0ubuntu3 (using .../dpkg_1.14.5ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement dpkg ... Setting up dpkg (1.14.5ubuntu1) ... It worked up to July 17th, now it's broken. 100% reproducible. ** Affects: debconf (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- [gutsy] debconf unable to initialize frontend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130519 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
