[Bug 1776218] Re: New style hook support not robust on removal

[Julian Andres Klode]

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Julian Andres Klode (juliank)

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Title:
  New style hook support not robust on removal

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  The new style (json-rpc) hooks are great. However when using them in snapd we noticed the following problem. When shipping a hook in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20snapd.conf like:
  ```
  AptCli::Hooks::Install { "[ ! -f /usr/bin/snap ] || /usr/bin/snap advise-snap --from-apt || true"; }; 
  ```
  this works fine.

  However when the snapd package is removed apt fails with:
  ```
  ...
  Purging configuration files for snapd (1337.2.32.8) ...
  Final directory cleanup
  Discarding preserved snap namespaces
  Removing extra snap-confine apparmor rules
  Removing snapd cache
  Removing snapd state

  E: Could not read response to hello message from hook [ ! -f /usr/bin/snap ] || /usr/bin/snap advise-snap --from-apt || true: Connection reset by peer
  E: Could not read message separator line after handshake from [ ! -f /usr/bin/snap ] || /usr/bin/snap advise-snap --from-apt || true: Connection reset by peer
  quiet: end of output.
  ```

  I.e. if the hook is not there apt still expectes a handshake.

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