package initscripts 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: end of file on stdin at conffile prompt

[Octavia Togami]

Reported automatically by ubuntu.

Some info:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Release: 16.04
$ apt-cache policy initscripts
apt-cache policy initscripts
initscripts:
  Installed: 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: initscripts 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-60.80~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt22
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-60-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Apr 25 11:19:27 2016
DuplicateSignature: package:initscripts:2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2:end of file on stdin at conffile prompt
ErrorMessage: end of file on stdin at conffile prompt
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-07 (202 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.2ubuntu5.1
 apt 1.0.10.2ubuntu2
SourcePackage: sysvinit
Title: package initscripts 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: end of file on stdin at conffile prompt
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-26 (0 days ago)

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The error in your log is:

Configuration file '/etc/default/rcS'
 ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
 ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
   What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
    Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
    N or O : keep your currently-installed version
      D : show the differences between the versions
      Z : start a shell to examine the situation
 The default action is to keep your current version.
*** rcS (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? dpkg: error processing package initscripts (--configure):
 end of file on stdin at conffile prompt

Were you using the graphical upgrader on the desktop? (update-manager) Do you know if you were presented with a window asking you what to do with this conffile? Do you know if you closed that window by hand?

[Octavia Togami (octylfractal)]

I was using the terminal with `do-release-upgrade`, but I think some of the keys I pressed while waking up the computer may have triggered this. It only occurred after I tried to type `D` and hit enter.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for sysvinit (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]