Control: retitle -1 tin: upgrade fails: missing exit status 0 after return in
tin.postinst
root@disset:~# DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg --configure tin
Setting up tin (1:2.6.7~20260927-1) ...
debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is tin
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/tin.config configure 1:2.6.6-1
debconf (developer): <-- VERSION 2.0
debconf (developer): --> 0 2.0
debconf (developer): <-- BEGINBLOCK
debconf (developer): --> 0
debconf (developer): <-- SET shared/news/server news.lip.ens-lyon.fr
debconf (developer): --> 0 value set
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium shared/news/server
debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped
debconf (developer): <-- ENDBLOCK
debconf (developer): --> 0
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/tin.postinst configure
1:2.6.6-1
debconf (developer): <-- GET shared/news/server
debconf (developer): --> 0 news.lip.ens-lyon.fr
dpkg: error processing package tin (--configure):
old tin package postinst maintainer script subprocess failed with exit status 1
In tin.postinst:
local current_name="$(cat /etc/news/server)"
[ "$RET" != "$current_name" ] || return
which should give
[ "news.lip.ens-lyon.fr" != "news.lip.ens-lyon.fr" ] || return
but
$ f() { [ "news.lip.ens-lyon.fr" != "news.lip.ens-lyon.fr" ] || return; }
$ f
$ echo $?
1
while
$ f() { [ "news.lip.ens-lyon.fr" != "news.lip.ens-lyon.fr" ] || return 0; }
$ f
$ echo $?
0
https://chat.mistral.ai/work/c088fabe-6e87-4cd0-83f3-e8a95fcd9f8d
confirms that this is the cause of the failure.
Note also that
[ "$RET" ] || return
has the same issue.
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