[php-maint] Bug#399215: libapache2-mod-php4: Emacs readline problem "What would you like to do about php.ini?"

[Jari Aalto]

Package: libapache2-mod-php4
Version: 4:4.4.4-7
Severity: normal

While upgrading under Emacs terminal (M-x shell) it reads:

    Setting up php4-common (4.4.4-7) ...
    Setting up libapache2-mod-php4 (4.4.4-7) ...
    debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
    debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.)
    debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
    What would you like to do about php.ini? 

SUGGESTION

- The question presented is not clear. Please print an introductory message explaining
  what is the problem, why the question are asked and what are the choices to the question.
- Please always state all path names in full, like php.ini in this case.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)

Versions of packages libapache2-mod-php4 depends on:
ii  apache2- 2.2.3-3.1                       Traditional model for Apache HTTPD
ii  apache2. 2.2.3-3.1                       Next generation, scalable, extenda
ii  libbz2-1 1.0.3-6                         high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  libc6    2.3.6.ds1-8                     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcomer 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-1 common error description library
ii  libdb4.4 4.4.20-8                        Berkeley v4.4 Database Libraries [
ii  libexpat 1.95.8-3.3                      XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii  libkrb53 1.4.4-4                         MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libmagic 4.17-4                          File type determination library us
ii  libpcre3 6.7-1                           Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi
ii  libssl0. 0.9.8c-3                        SSL shared libraries
ii  libzzip- 0.12.83-8                       library providing read access on Z
ii  mime-sup 3.37-1                          MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
pn  php4-com <none>                          (no description available)
pn  ucf      <none>                          (no description available)
ii  zlib1g   1:1.2.3-13                      compression library - runtime

libapache2-mod-php4 recommends no packages.

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