do-release-upgrade -d dangerously misleading output
Bug #1892668 reported by
James Bowery
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Executing:
# do-release-upgrade -d
at one point output:
To continue please press [ENTER]
So I pressed ENTER.
I was then greeted with this opaque sentence fragment as the response to pressing ENTER:
Inhibiting until Ctrl+C is pressed...
Then it just sat there... doing nothing obvious. Was it downloading the updates? What was it inhibiting? How long was I supposed to ponder these questions?
Some people confronting this Sphinx, waiting for hours, give up and press "Ctrl+C" which, in at least one case, left his system trashed.
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