package ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10 failed to install/upgrade: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt

[Paul Kilgo]

Looks like unattended-upgrades failed?

I just ran the update again and it installed an altered config file.

#> apt-get install ntpdate
Setting up ntpdate (1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10) ...

Configuration file '/etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate'
 ==> Deleted (by you or by a script) since installation.
 ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
   What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
    Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
    N or O : keep your currently-installed version
      D : show the differences between the versions
      Z : start a shell to examine the situation
 The default action is to keep your current version.
*** ntpdate (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? y
Installing new version of config file /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate ...

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-96.143-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-96-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.18
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Oct 9 04:07:26 2016
DpkgHistoryLog:
 Start-Date: 2016-10-09 04:07:05
 Upgrade: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra:amd64 (52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1134, 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142), chromium-browser-l10n:amd64 (52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1134, 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142), chromium-browser:amd64 (52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1134, 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142), ntpdate:amd64 (4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5, 4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10)
DpkgTerminalLog: Log started: 2016-10-09 04:07:05
ErrorMessage: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-29 (894 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.6
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.13
SourcePackage: ntp
Title: package ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10 failed to install/upgrade: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Paul Kilgo (paulkilgo)]

I'm attaching the email from unattended-upgrades which I think caused the problem.

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Hi,
thank you for your report.

I didn't see anything that would give me a hint - adding unattended-upgrades in case they could see something in the logs. For sure they have more experience in how it should behave properly.

[Robie Basak (racb)]

It looks to me that this is either a bug in unattended-upgrades, or intended behaviour that due to the conffile prompt unattended-upgrades is supposed to fail and requires user intervention to answer the prompt. I'm not sure which.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Balint Reczey (rbalint)]

This was a bug in u-u but it is fixed since 0.86, see Debian's bug for details.