[Bug 794820] Re: package libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9 failed to install/upgrade:, Curses lost keyboard; Command line distro upgrade -> via Putty -> SSH -> Screen

[Ondřej Surý]

You just need to do:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow debconf

It's not a bug in PHP5 package (it uses standard debconf interface), so
I am reassigning to debconf (where it could be probably closed as
workaround for broken terminals exists).

** Package changed: php5 (Ubuntu) => debconf (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  package libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9 failed to
  install/upgrade:, Curses lost keyboard; Command line distro upgrade ->
  via Putty -> SSH -> Screen

Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: php5

  Activity: 
  Failed on NCurses dialog to replace/keep/diff previous version of php.ini...

  Circumstances:
  SSH'd into server, via PuTTY.
  Running upgrade from a command line inside a "screen"'d shell.

  Opinion: (skippable)

  Easiest fix is probably to remove the NCurses dialog in favor of the
  raw text prompt...  If needed...  This will probably affect a very
  very small percentage of the Linux community...  and if you can't work
  around an ncurses glitch you probably shouldn't be upgrading your
  distro via SSH.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-23.75-generic-pae
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-23-generic-pae i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Jun  8 22:09:02 2011
  ErrorMessage:
   ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
  SourcePackage: php5
  Title: package libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9 failed to install/upgrade:

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