[Pkg-aide-maintainers] Bug#412877: aide: install fails, whiptail complains: "--output-fd: unknown option"

[BK]

Package: aide
Severity: important



Installation fails on debconf:

Preconfiguring packages ...
--output-fd: unknown option debconf: whiptail output the above errors, giving up!
Selecting previously deselected package aide.
(Reading database ... 70026 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking aide (from .../aide_0.13.1-2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up aide (0.13.1-2) ...
--output-fd: unknown option
debconf: whiptail output the above errors, giving up!
dpkg: error processing aide (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
 aide


--- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (750, 'testing'), (700, 'stable'), (600, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)