I can confirm that this bug occurs on hardy (8.04) release version.
Output of ls -l /etc/alternatives/updatedb:
# ls -l /etc/alternatives/updatedb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 28 19:15 /etc/alternatives/updatedb ->
/usr/bin/slocate
** Changed in: findutils (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => New
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findutils: install on Hardy does not create /etc/updatedb.conf
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183946
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