[Bug 1919314] Re: debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed

[kalvdans]

I suggest printing the message on stdout instead of stderr to emphasize
that it is an informal message and not a warning.

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Title:
  debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not
  installed

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  The warning appears when installing apt-utils, with no way to silence
  the message. If apt-utils is required in the base image, it should be
  added there and not be a standalone package. This is a transcript from
  Ubuntu 20.04.1:

  $ LANG=C sudo apt install apt-utils 
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    apt-utils
  0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 159 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0 B/213 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 852 kB of additional disk space will be used.
  debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
  Selecting previously unselected package apt-utils.
  (Reading database ... 688084 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../apt-utils_2.0.4_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking apt-utils (2.0.4) ...
  Setting up apt-utils (2.0.4) ...
  Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: apt-utils 2.0.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-65.73-generic 5.4.78
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-65-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Tue Mar 16 11:30:26 2021
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-04 (315 days ago)

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