debconf dont want to configure itself

[Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>]

Am Mit, 02 Aug 2000 11:54:50 Tomasz Wegrzanowski Sie:
> I upgraded my Hurd last night.
> There is one problem :
> 
> # dpkg -i debconf_0.3.53.deb
> (Reading database ... 8543 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace debconf 0.3.53 (using debconf_0.3.53.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement debconf ...
> Setting up debconf (0.3.53) ...
> debconf: failed to initialize frontend: Dialog
> debconf: falling back to frontend: Slang
> debconf: failed to initialize frontend: Slang
> dpkg: error processing debconf (--install):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  debconf
> #
> 
> And many packages depend on debconf.
> 
> Any known way to fix it ?
> 
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I was able to run

/var/lib/dpkg/info/debconf.postinst configure

manually. I think Roland worked on fixing this, and I have to check my
mail archive to recollect what he told me about it. I'll follow up
later.

Thanks,
Marcus