Prompts to merge unmodified conffile /etc/rc.local on upgrade to intrepid

Binary package hint: sysvinit

On two different systems, both with unmodified /etc/rc.local, I was prompted to merge changes to it via a dpkg conffile prompt when upgrading from 8.04.1 to intrepid ca. 8 July. The diff is:

--- /etc/init.d/rc.local 2008-04-19 06:05:36.000000000 +0100
+++ /etc/init.d/rc.local.dpkg-new 2008-06-18 11:06:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,14 +1,26 @@
 #! /bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: rc.local
+# Required-Start: $remote_fs
+# Required-Stop:
+# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:
+# Short-Description: Run /etc/rc.local if it exist
+### END INIT INFO

-PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
-[ -f /etc/default/rcS ] && . /etc/default/rcS
+
+PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
+
+. /lib/init/vars.sh
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions

 do_start() {
  if [ -x /etc/rc.local ]; then
- log_begin_msg "Running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)"
+ [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_begin_msg "Running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)"
   /etc/rc.local
- log_end_msg $?
+ ES=$?
+ [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg $ES
+ return $ES
  fi
 }