Sorry, posted to wrong bug. Please ignore comment #9 (not relevent
here)
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Title:
Release upgrading requiring user input baffles inexperienced
There's more... After another very long delay to install packages, it
asks you for "PAM profiles to enable".
Q: Why would this ever need to change on an upgrade?
If it really is absolutely necessary to ask the user about this, then factor
out the data-collection part so it can be run before
I've been collecting up links to the various bugs about prompts during upgrades:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1309802
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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** Also affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Release upgrading requiring user input baffles
** Project changed: ubuntu-release-upgrader = ubuntu-release-upgrader
(Ubuntu)
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Title:
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: update-manager-core (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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It seems there are still developers who are happy using shells who don't
understand ordinary users who aren't.
Ordinary users who want to upgrade don't want to have to open a shell and type
monstrosities such as do-release-upgrade -d -f DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive
(and it's even mixed
Try using do-release-upgrade -d -f DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive
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Title:
Release upgrading requiring user input baffles inexperienced users
To
If you need to specify a specific answer use the following
sudo sh -c 'echo y\n\ny\nN\nN\nN\nN\nN\nN\nN\nN\nN\nN\nN\n |
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive /usr/bin/do-release-upgrade'
I agree though, the documentation should be a little better the
functionality is there.
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The level of interaction seemingly required by do-release-upgrade is a
pain for experienced users too.
I've just upgraded about a dozen machines to precise. Using do-release-
upgrade is apparently the supported way to do this, but requires a
frustratingly high level of interaction, asking
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