I get this within hardy also.  
When running apt-get install foo from within a SSH connection to a headless 
server
debconf: Unable to initialise frontend: Dialog
debconf: (TERM is not set so the dialogue frontend is not usable.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
debconf: Unable to initialise frontend: Readline
debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)

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selects Teletype frontend on non-ttys
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130519
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