> >>       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.

>      This is going beyond my incompetence level. Sorry.