[Bug 2023973] [NEW] Low priority. Documentation. Suggestion : improve error messages. Url pointing to more information for user

[Tgkprog]

Public bug reported:

Suggest to print a URL pointing to a page that has suggested remedies
for issues like (reference
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/2023745/comments/2)

Setting up grub-common (2.06-2ubuntu7.2) ...
Could not execute systemctl: at /usr/bin/deb-systemd-invoke line 142.
update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling ba
ck to defaults
Job for grub-common.service failed because the control process exited with error
 code.
See "systemctl status grub-common.service" and "journalctl -xeu grub-common.serv
ice" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript grub-common, action "restart" failed.
× grub-common.service - Record successful boot for GRUB
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/grub-common.service; enabled; vendor pr
eset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2023-06-14 12:43:46 IST; 11ms
ago
    Process: 5081 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ] || rm -f /bo
ot/grub/grubenv; mkdir -p /boot/grub (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Process: 5086 ExecStart=grub-editenv /boot/grub/grubenv unset recordfail (co
de=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 5086 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 8ms

The document can say for an error like above :
in the output grub-common failed to install because the service failed to restart which edits the /boot/grub/grubenv file. This indicates the file is corrupted either due to a bug in grub we don't know about, a hard reset during grub running which corrupted the disk cache or something like that, or the drive is failing.

My suggestion is to perform a drive check and delete the file to solve
the issue.

----

Might free up sometime as fewer invalid bugs will be filed by noobs like
me

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

** Summary changed:

- Suggestion : improve error messages. Url pointing to more information for user
+ Low priority. Documentation. Suggestion : improve error messages. Url pointing to more information for user

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Title:
  Low priority. Documentation. Suggestion : improve error messages. Url
  pointing to more information for user

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Suggest to print a URL pointing to a page that has suggested remedies
  for issues like (reference
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/2023745/comments/2)

  Setting up grub-common (2.06-2ubuntu7.2) ...
  Could not execute systemctl: at /usr/bin/deb-systemd-invoke line 142.
  update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling ba
  ck to defaults
  Job for grub-common.service failed because the control process exited with error
   code.
  See "systemctl status grub-common.service" and "journalctl -xeu grub-common.serv
  ice" for details.
  invoke-rc.d: initscript grub-common, action "restart" failed.
  × grub-common.service - Record successful boot for GRUB
       Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/grub-common.service; enabled; vendor pr
  eset: enabled)
       Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2023-06-14 12:43:46 IST; 11ms
  ago
      Process: 5081 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ] || rm -f /bo
  ot/grub/grubenv; mkdir -p /boot/grub (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
      Process: 5086 ExecStart=grub-editenv /boot/grub/grubenv unset recordfail (co
  de=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
     Main PID: 5086 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
          CPU: 8ms

  The document can say for an error like above :
  in the output grub-common failed to install because the service failed to restart which edits the /boot/grub/grubenv file. This indicates the file is corrupted either due to a bug in grub we don't know about, a hard reset during grub running which corrupted the disk cache or something like that, or the drive is failing.

  My suggestion is to perform a drive check and delete the file to solve
  the issue.

  ----

  Might free up sometime as fewer invalid bugs will be filed by noobs
  like me

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