Another problem is that while showing this prompt, you can't log in via SSH. If you leave your upgrade unattended and lose the connection to your server, you won't be able to log in via SSH again to complete/continue the upgrade.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1861472 Title: upgrade from fresh bionic to focal needlessly prompts user Status in openssh package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in openssh source package in Focal: Fix Committed Status in openssh package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: Upgrading from a fresh 18.04 LTS install to focal unexpectedly prompts for how to handle a change to /etc/ssh/sshd_config To reproduce the issue: lxc launch ubuntu:18.04 u18 lxc exec u18 -- bash # within container do-release-upgrade -d # select restart services when prompted Eventually you'll be prompted to accept changes to /etc/ssh/sshd_config or not because of "local changes". Thanks ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: openssh-server 1:8.1p1-5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-62.69-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-62-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu16 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jan 31 03:37:55 2020 ProcEnviron: TERM=rxvt-unicode-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=C.UTF-8 SourcePackage: openssh UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-01-31 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1861472/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
