[Bug 1323772] Re: Unattended "apt-get dist-upgrade -qq --force-yes" on 14.04 fails on grub configuration.

[nickg]

This bug breaks any automated tooling in building AMsI using ubuntu.

to reproduce:

Launch in us-west-1 ami-c6bdba83 (found via https://cloud-
images.ubuntu.com/locator/ec2/)

This ami is a:

us-west-1       trusty  14.04 LTS       amd64   hvm:ebs-ssd
20140607.1      ami-c6bdba83    hvm


to reproduce


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y upgrade
sudo reboot   # just because, likely not necessary

sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade (and various other -force-yes)

Now complains about /boot/grub/menu.lst being modified and in conflict
with update.

the fix is what peter.waller suggested in https://bugs.launchpad.net
/cloud-init/+bug/1309079?comments=all

before fist-upgrade do the following

sudo rm /boot/grub/menu.lst
sudo update-grub-legacy-ec2 -y
sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade

please advise.

thanks!

nickg

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Title:
  Unattended "apt-get dist-upgrade -qq --force-yes" on 14.04 fails on
  grub configuration.

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Unattended "apt-get dist-upgrade -qq --force-yes" on 14.04 fails on
  Grub configuration.

  Reproduce by using  "apt-get dist-upgrade -qq --force-yes" on the
  latest Ubuntu 14.04 image (https://cloud-
  images.ubuntu.com/locator/ec2/). It will not select grub defaults
  ("install the package maintainer's version") during upgrade. Setup
  will prompt the user for input.

  This is a new behavior (for me, since Ubuntu 6). It breaks
  automatic/scripted setup of servers.

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