Public bug reported:
I noticed if the package errors out (for example, if the postinst script
fails), gdebi still returns a '0' indicating a successfull install. It
should return a '1' indicating the package failed to install.
The use case is when calling gdebi from a C program that looks for the
return status as indication of success or failure. In the case
described, dpkg returns a 1 on error while gdebi returns 0.
An easy way to reproduce is to modify an existing debian postinst to
exit 1 instead of exit 0 (usually last line of postinst script). Run it
by dpkg and gdebi and compare the resulting return status.
** Affects: gdebi (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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gdebi returns success on dpkg error
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