Bug#207453: apache: apache.postinst: line 189: /dev/tty: No such device or address

[LaMont Jones <lamont@smallone.fc.hp.com>]

Package: apache
Version: 1.3.27.1-2
Severity: serious

Fails to install non-interactive (/dev/tty not present):

> Setting up apache (1.3.27.1-2) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache.postinst: line 189: /dev/tty: No such device or address
> grep: /etc/apache/httpd.conf: No such file or directory
> Configuration syntax error detected. Not reloading.
> 
> fopen: No such file or directory
> apache: could not open document config file /etc/apache/httpd.conf
> invoke-rc.d: initscript apache, action "start" failed.
> dpkg: error processing apache (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux smallone.fc.hp.com 2.4.20-64 #1 Thu Jul 31 05:31:48 UTC 2003 parisc64 GNU/Linux

Versions of the packages apache depends on:
ii  apache-common  1.3.27.0-1     Support files for all Apache webservers
ii  dpkg           1.10.10        Package maintenance system for Debian
ii  libc6          2.3.1-17.0.3   GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libdb4.1       4.1.25-4       Berkeley v4.1 Database Libraries [runtime]
ii  libexpat1      1.95.6-4       XML parsing C library - runtime library
ii  logrotate      3.6.5-2        Log rotation utility
ii  mime-support   3.23-1         MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap', and sup
ii  perl           5.8.0-17       Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report
ii  perl           5.8.0-17       Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report
	^^^ (Provides virtual package perl5)