> Hello, > > can someone tell me how aptitude is called in task_updatebase? I cannot > find it in the logs. I have the feeling it is *not* called with > "--force-confdef --force-confold", like during task_instsoft? The reason > I'm asking is that I was trying to update a machine with softupdate, > which was running fai-client 3.3.5. During task_updatebase, aptitude > asks whether to keep the old config or install the new one, and > softupdate stops there. > > This is bad, since we are usually running softupdates unattended during > shutdown. What would be the quickest fix for this? >
Could you please take a look at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=313397 and see whether this helps to solve your problem? It does for me, at least. But apparently I failed to convince other people that this is fix is necessary. Thanks a lot, Michael
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