Prompts on do-release-upgrade

[Jerry Geis]

On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 9:26 AM Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

> At Fri, 16 Feb 2024 09:13:58 -0500 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not
> for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I run this on do-release-upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04 (apt update first)
> >
> > export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
> > export DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical
> > sudo do-release-upgrade
> >
> > This removed a few prompts... But I still have a couple. Like:
> >
> > What do you want to do about modified configuration file 20auto-upgrades?
> > I want to accept the Default (automatically)
> >
> > and
> >
> > Restart services during package upgrades without asking?
> > I want to accept YES (automatically and not be prompted) - not the
> default
> >
> >
> > How do I do that?
>
> These prompts are embeded in the pre/post install scripts in the .deb
> files.
> This is a *feature* of the Debian packaging system.  I don't think there
> is
> anything you can do about them, short of hacking the .deb files directly
> (eg
> repackaging the packages).
>
> >
> > jerry
> >
>
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Thanks Robert.

Jerry
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