I had the same error. Here's the output:
ron@Intrepid32:~$ sudo DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer sh -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/hddtemp.postinst configure + set -e + conffile=/etc/default/hddtemp + . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule + [ ! ] + PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 + export PERL_DL_NONLAZY + [ ] + exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/hddtemp.postinst configure debconf (developer): frontend started debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is hddtemp debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/hddtemp.config configure debconf (developer): <-- VERSION 2.0 debconf (developer): --> 0 2.0 debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium hddtemp/SUID_bit debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium hddtemp/syslog debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped debconf (developer): <-- SET hddtemp/daemon true debconf (developer): --> 0 value set debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high hddtemp/daemon debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped debconf (developer): <-- GO debconf (developer): --> 0 ok debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/daemon debconf (developer): --> 0 true debconf (developer): <-- SET hddtemp/interface 127.0.0.1 debconf (developer): --> 0 value set debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high hddtemp/interface debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped debconf (developer): <-- SET hddtemp/port 7634 debconf (developer): --> 0 value set debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high hddtemp/port debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped debconf (developer): <-- GO debconf (developer): --> 0 ok debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/hddtemp.postinst configure debconf (developer): <-- VERSION 2.0 debconf (developer): --> 0 2.0 debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/daemon debconf (developer): --> 0 true debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/syslog debconf (developer): --> 0 0 debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/interface debconf (developer): --> 0 127.0.0.1 debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/port debconf (developer): --> 0 7634 debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/SUID_bit debconf (developer): --> 0 false debconf (developer): <-- STOP * Starting disk temperature monitoring daemon hddtemp: [fail] ron@Intrepid32:~$
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I had the same error. Here's the output:
ron@Intrepid32:~$ sudo DEBCONF_ DEBUG=developer sh -x /var/lib/ dpkg/info/ hddtemp. postinst configure /etc/default/ hddtemp debconf/ confmodule debconf/ frontend /var/lib/ dpkg/info/ hddtemp. postinst configure dpkg/info/ hddtemp. config configure dpkg/info/ hddtemp. postinst configure
+ set -e
+ conffile=
+ . /usr/share/
+ [ ! ]
+ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1
+ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY
+ [ ]
+ exec /usr/share/
debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is hddtemp
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/
debconf (developer): <-- VERSION 2.0
debconf (developer): --> 0 2.0
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium hddtemp/SUID_bit
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium hddtemp/syslog
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- SET hddtemp/daemon true
debconf (developer): --> 0 value set
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high hddtemp/daemon
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/daemon
debconf (developer): --> 0 true
debconf (developer): <-- SET hddtemp/interface 127.0.0.1
debconf (developer): --> 0 value set
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high hddtemp/interface
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- SET hddtemp/port 7634
debconf (developer): --> 0 value set
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high hddtemp/port
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/
debconf (developer): <-- VERSION 2.0
debconf (developer): --> 0 2.0
debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/daemon
debconf (developer): --> 0 true
debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/syslog
debconf (developer): --> 0 0
debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/interface
debconf (developer): --> 0 127.0.0.1
debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/port
debconf (developer): --> 0 7634
debconf (developer): <-- GET hddtemp/SUID_bit
debconf (developer): --> 0 false
debconf (developer): <-- STOP
* Starting disk temperature monitoring daemon hddtemp: [fail]
ron@Intrepid32:~$
end