telegraf install hook failing if telegraf.conf exists before telegraf package

[Drew Freiberger]

the apt hooks to install telegraf are failing at this prompt to install telegraf:

Configuration file '/etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf'
 ==> File on system created by you or by a script.
 ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
   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.
*** telegraf.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? n

Please update to force "N" on the package maintainer file update to allow for upgrades/hooks to properly install/upgrade telegraf.

[Drew Freiberger (afreiberger)]

This can also carry over to locking dpkg for other charms. Suggest adding update-status hook routine to check for need to configure telegraf dpkg and force a "no" response.

[Drew Freiberger (afreiberger)]

Workaround:

dpkg --configure telegraf --force-confold

[Wouter van Bommel (woutervb)]

How can this situation replicated using charms to handle the deployment?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for Telegraf Charm because there has been no activity for 60 days.]