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package gdm3 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: end of file on stdin at conffile prompt

Bug #1900694 reported by akhil kanduri on 2020-10-20

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1520928: package ... failed to install/upgrade: end of file on stdin at conffile prompt. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gdm3 (Ubuntu)	New	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

I dont know much about this. Please fix this bug

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gdm3 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-122.124-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-122-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Tue Oct 20 17:12:34 2020
ErrorMessage: end of file on stdin at conffile prompt
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-13 (525 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: gdm3
Title: package gdm3 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: end of file on stdin at conffile prompt
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-10-20 (0 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.gdm3.custom.conf: 2020-10-04T17:42:46.948918

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akhil kanduri (akhilkanduri) wrote on 2020-10-20:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (60.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (22.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (585 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (122.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (205.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (255.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (706 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
modified.conffile..etc.gdm3.custom.conf.txt Edit (542 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Eduardo Barretto (ebarretto) wrote on 2020-10-20: Bug is not a security issue

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

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Private Security → Public

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2020-10-20

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2020-10-21:

It appears the installer was asking a question and perhaps the GUI failed to display it for you. It got no answer, which is a minor problem in the update installer and not a bug in gdm3.

Configuration file '/etc/gdm3/custom.conf'
==> Modified (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.
*** custom.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? dpkg: error processing package gdm3 (--configure):
end of file on stdin at conffile prompt