[Debconf-devel] Bug#376688: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline

[Richard Kettlewell]

Package: debconf
Version: 1.4.30.13

root# apt-get -q upgrade
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
The following packages will be upgraded:
  openoffice.org openoffice.org-bin openoffice.org-l10n-en ttf-opensymbol
4 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/66.3MB of archives.
After unpacking 51.8MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 79724 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace openoffice.org-bin 1.1.3-9 (using .../openoffice.org-bin_1.1.3-9sarge2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement openoffice.org-bin ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype
Preparing to replace openoffice.org-l10n-en 1.1.3-9 (using .../openoffice.org-l10n-en_1.1.3-9sarge2_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement openoffice.org-l10n-en ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype
Preparing to replace ttf-opensymbol 1.1.3-9 (using .../ttf-opensymbol_1.1.3-9sarge2_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ttf-opensymbol ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype
Preparing to replace openoffice.org 1.1.3-9 (using .../openoffice.org_1.1.3-9sarge2_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement openoffice.org ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype
Setting up openoffice.org-l10n-en (1.1.3-9sarge2) ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype

Setting up ttf-opensymbol (1.1.3-9sarge2) ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype
Updating fontconfig cache...

Setting up openoffice.org (1.1.3-9sarge2) ...
Updating OpenOffice.org's dictionary list... done.
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype

Setting up openoffice.org-bin (1.1.3-9sarge2) ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype

root# tty
/dev/pts/4
root# echo $TERM
xterm