In my opinion this is a bug in ucf (or in debconf). rlinetd's version of update-inetd doesn't pass --debcon-ok to ucf, because it cannot guarantee that debconf hasn't been stopped before. See also http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=665443
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #665443 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=665443 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877453 Title: rlinetd's update-inetd fails if invoked from a maint script using debconf To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rlinetd/+bug/877453/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs