Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: update-manager
hardy->intrepid.
If the etckeeper package is installed and configured, something about
its DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs hook somehow causes the release upgrader to
not actually install any packages - yet the upgrade runs to "completion"
without errors.
I've been trying to isolate the problem, and so far it looks as if when
we call into the C++ part of APT, specifically
pkgPackageManager::DoInstall, it seems to think that there is nothing to
do, as it returns immediately with a successful return code, but not
having done any installation.
I think I'm closing in on a possible cause.... it looks like etckeeper
is failing to read the data that apt tries to pass it on stdin, thus
causing apt to be killed with a SIGPIPE..... out of time to debug right
now, hope this braindump can be of use.
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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dist-upgrade silently fails to do anything if etckeeper is installed
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283642
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