>>       I think 'dpkg-reconfigure <package-name>' should work.
> You got me wrong ;) I have here a script that got stuck on the latest
> glibc/locales update (apt-get upgrade -y -q). The log shows, that it
> ran into interactive debconf. After downgrading to the previous
> "locales" version, the script smoothly does its job, no way to
> reproduce the problem, whereas /var/cache/debconf/config.dat does not
> contain any version information.

> a) as local admin, I'd have to mess with /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
>     or reconfigure debconf to present lower-priority questions.

> b) as a package maintainer, I could modify the package's
>     debconf-igurable items or their syntax.