package base-files 10.1ubuntu2.2 failed to install/upgrade: end of file on stdin at conffile prompt
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base-files (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
I have been facing update problems every month.
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: base-files 10.1ubuntu2.2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
AptOrdering:
base-files:amd64: Install
base-files:amd64: Configure
NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Aug 21 10:15:39 2018
Dependencies:
ErrorMessage: end of file on stdin at conffile prompt
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-14 (159 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20180105.1)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, unpackaged
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, unpackaged
RelatedPackageV
dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
apt 1.6.3
SourcePackage: base-files
Title: package base-files 10.1ubuntu2.2 failed to install/upgrade: end of file on stdin at conffile prompt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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tags: | removed: need-duplicate-check |
You seem to have an upgrade failure because the configuration files from the base-files package have been locally modified on your system, and a new version of the configuration files is available in the updated package, and this requires guidance from the end user to know which version of the config files you want. Are these updates being applied noninteractively through unattended- upgrades? While the specific error message is unhelpful, I don't know that we would fix the root of this issue in unattended- upgrades; instead, you probably want to run 'update-manager' on your desktop to upgrade the package interactively and decide what to do with these config files using the prompt.
It is also strange that apport reports all of these conffiles as modified on your system. The ones attached to your bug report appear to be identical to the ones shipped in the base-files package.