** Description changed: + [Impact] + + * Unattended-upgrades crashes when a package update changes a config dir to a config file. + * U-u stops installing security updates when it crashes. + + [Test Case] (Xenial) + + * Install an older version of the git package than the one available from xenial-security: + # apt install git=1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1 + + * Change a configuration file to a directory and observe not fixed u-u crashing and fixed u-u installing the update. + # mv /etc/bash_completion.d/git-prompt /etc/bash_completion.d/git-prompt.bak + # mkdir /etc/bash_completion.d/git-prompt + # unattended-upgrade --verbose --dry-run + Initial blacklisted packages: + Initial whitelisted packages: + Starting unattended upgrades script + Allowed origins are: ['o=Ubuntu,a=xenial', 'o=Ubuntu,a=xenial-security', 'o=UbuntuESM,a=xenial'] + Traceback (most recent call last): + File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1485, in <module> + main(options) + File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1275, in main + if conffile_prompt(item.destfile): + File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 671, in conffile_prompt + with open(prefix + conf_file, 'rb') as fb: + IsADirectoryError: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/etc/bash_completion.d/git-prompt' + + # fixed u-u: + # unattended-upgrade --verbose --dry-run + ... + Unpacking git (1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4) over (1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3) ... + dpkg: warning: git: conffile '/etc/bash_completion.d/git-prompt' is not a plain file or symlink (= '/etc/bash_completion.d/git-prompt') + Setting up git (1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4) ... + dpkg: warning: git: conffile '/etc/bash_completion.d/git-prompt' is not a plain file or symlink (= '/etc/bash_completion.d/git-prompt') + ... + + [Regression Potential] + + * As a known and demonstrated regression configuration files replaced + with directories by the local administrator are overwritten and this is + dpkg's default behavior. The same thing would happen when applying the + security update using apt, and this is still better than skipping the + security update. + + [Original Bug Text] + The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding unattended-upgrades. This problem was most recently seen with package version 0.98ubuntu1, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/ed79dbb4e6eba8c7b89fcd7e0cbf60b0db4920ce contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/. Traceback (most recent call last): - File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1556, in <module> - main(options) - File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1348, in main - if conffile_prompt(item.destfile): - File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 725, in conffile_prompt - with open(prefix + conf_file, 'rb') as fp: + File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1556, in <module> + main(options) + File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1348, in main + if conffile_prompt(item.destfile): + File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 725, in conffile_prompt + with open(prefix + conf_file, 'rb') as fp: IsADirectoryError: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-0-fonts-guru-extra.conf'
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