https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395921
--- Comment #4 from Achim Bohnet <a...@mpe.mpg.de> --- On a debian based system: # cat >/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00-fail-on-preload <<EOT #DPkg::Pre-Invoke { "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi"; }; #DPkg::Post-Invoke { "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi"; }; DPkg::Pre-Invoke { "false"; }; DPkg::Post-Invoke { "false"; }; EOT check that apt fails. E.g. with pkg plasma-desktop # apt install --reinstall plasma-desktop Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0 Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0 Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. Need to get 1.792 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.neon.kde.org/user xenial/main amd64 plasma-desktop amd64 4:5.13.2-0neon+16.04+xenial+build97 [1.792 kB] Fetched 1.792 kB in 0s (51,8 MB/s) E: Problem executing scripts DPkg::Pre-Invoke 'false' E: Sub-process returned an error code # echo $? 100 When apt return as in this case exit code of 100. Try to use discover to upgrade/install .debs. Nothing works and one sees no error msg. Hope this helps, Achim -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.