Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: release-upgrader-apt
Since a dist upgrade is a long process, I usually go to sleep around the
time it finishes downloading. The next morning when I wake up I realize
that about 10 minutes after I've left the computer, Ubuntu found a
modified config file and doesn't know what to do with it. And it sits
there for 6 hours, waiting for me to wake up and answer the question.
Almost every dist upgrade I've done goes like this, and it's extremely
annoying.
A simple fix: backup the config file, replace it, and show me what you
did in a summary after the upgrade with a nice message and write it into
some log so that I can check what happened. I doubt normal human beings
who don't even know what /etc/login.defs is, can answer this question
correctly anyway.
Actually, the backup already happens, the log already happens, all that
has to be done is modifying DistUpgradeView*.py to return yes to dpkg
and keep a list of replaced config files so that it can show the
summary.
A smarter fix: wait a minute or so and if there's no user input do the
above.
This is not a duplicate of #67338 since that's about flash, and I didn't
get a licence prompt (yet).
** Affects: release-upgrader-apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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distribution upgrade tool waits for user input indefinitely
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154198
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