[Bug 935681] [NEW] "Restart services during package upgrades without asking?" fails to honor --yes for apt-get

[Jani Uusitalo]

Public bug reported:

I left an old netbook to do an "apt-get -y dist-upgrade" overnight, and
when I returned to it the next morning, the upgrades were unfinished
because libc upgrade was waiting for me to respond to "Restart services
during package upgrades without asking?"

It looks like the question is prioritized depending on whether the
upgrade is done on desktop or not, and if it's not, the priority is set
critical. According to documentation [1], critical is for "Items that
will probably break the system without user intervention." I don't think
restart-without-asking satisfies that condition.

* [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-
manuals/debconf_specification.html#AEN101

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libc6 2.15-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Feb 18 21:07:37 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fi:en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: eglibc
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-17 (1 days ago)

** Affects: eglibc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise

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Title:
  "Restart services during package upgrades without asking?" fails to
  honor --yes for apt-get

Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I left an old netbook to do an "apt-get -y dist-upgrade" overnight,
  and when I returned to it the next morning, the upgrades were
  unfinished because libc upgrade was waiting for me to respond to
  "Restart services during package upgrades without asking?"

  It looks like the question is prioritized depending on whether the
  upgrade is done on desktop or not, and if it's not, the priority is
  set critical. According to documentation [1], critical is for "Items
  that will probably break the system without user intervention." I
  don't think restart-without-asking satisfies that condition.

  * [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-
  manuals/debconf_specification.html#AEN101

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: libc6 2.15-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic-pae 3.2.6
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Feb 18 21:07:37 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fi:en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: eglibc
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-17 (1 days ago)

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