** Description changed: Due to strange terminal output after latest debconf (1.5.66) upgrade ( lp:1752394 ) i have installed debconf-utils to run 'debconf-get- selections' and 'debconf-set-selections', but: oem@ubuntu:~$ debconf-set-selections debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied oem@ubuntu:~$ ls -l /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat -rw------- 1 root root 0 Dec 1 18:35 /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat So the configuration is badly set. This also have been reported some times ago (precise) lp:959364 but nobody care on the canonical side. + + Needs to run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf' to set the minimal required. + https://github.com/phusion/baseimage-docker/issues/58 + ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: debconf-utils 1.5.66 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-11.12-generic 4.15.5 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Mar 1 10:05:12 2018 EcryptfsInUse: Yes PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: debconf UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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