Ubuntu
update-manager package

dpkg conffile prompts empty

Bug #656912 reported by Michael Vogt
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update-manager (Ubuntu)
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Maverick
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

During a upgrade I noticed that the conffile prompt was empty. It looks like this is because dpkg
reports over its status fd:

status: test-package: unpacked
status: /etc/configuration-file : conffile-prompt : '/etc/configuration-file' '/etc/configuration-file.dpkg-new' 1 1

but:
$ ls -l /etc/configuration-file*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 egon egon 42 2004-12-07 15:47 /etc/configuration-file.dpkg-dist
-rw-rw-r-- 1 egon egon 40 2004-12-07 15:52 /etc/configuration-file.dpkg-new

has no "configuration-file". I think this is a dpkg bug (in the past the first path pointed to the correct file),
but its easy to workaround in update-manager.

Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Medium
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:0.142.20

---------------
update-manager (1:0.142.20) maverick-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py:
    - do not crash if the free space check fails (LP: #656881)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgrade.cfg:
    - add blcr-dkms to the "BadVersions" variable. The current blcr-dkms
      source will not build with 2.6.35. Adding it here will cause the
      upgrade to abort with a message if it is installed.
      It also means that if support for 2.6.35 is added to blcr-dkms via
      a SRU that will automatically unblock the upgrade (LP: #555729)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewGtk.py,
    DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py,:
    - workaround dpkg not sending the correct filename on conffile
      prompts over the status-fd (LP: #656912)

  [ Jonathan Riddell ]
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py:
    - disable confDialogue.show_difference_button, workaround for
      "distupgrade crashed during conf file change review" (LP: #656876)
      requires release note that user needs to view changes manually on command line
 -- Jonathan Riddell <email address hidden> Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:08:23 +0100

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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