[Bug 820233] Re: conffile prompt during natty -> oneiric upgrade

[Michael Vogt]

In a clean natty chroot:
# md5sum /etc/update-motd.d/00-header 
4241925109d5d9fc869f20143dbd4054  /etc/update-motd.d/00-header
#  md5sum /etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text 
918a1e4bc361b759adff1fabbcd8fb8f  /etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text
# dpkg -s base-files
Package: base-files
...
Conffiles:
 /etc/debian_version 82711d8dc3e89c428b4694a284e32541
 /etc/dpkg/origins/debian 731423fa8ba067262f8ef37882d1e742
 /etc/dpkg/origins/ubuntu ea35901c45553c3451f60476be94d2d8
 /etc/host.conf 89408008f2585c957c031716600d5a80
 /etc/issue 9865e55b7162c01dfc5ea525eb9ecee3
 /etc/issue.net 9a1459493a030337fe08477a1bc0d100
 /etc/lsb-release 7ce1ffb3689e93590b84d74fb3939302
Description: Debian base system miscellaneous files
...

So the old version did not have 00-header/10-help-text as conffiles, but the new version does:
# dpkg -s base-files (new version):
Package: base-files
Conffiles:
 /etc/debian_version 931870fda5e3f942afc004db670b3cae
 /etc/dpkg/origins/debian 731423fa8ba067262f8ef37882d1e742
 /etc/dpkg/origins/ubuntu ea35901c45553c3451f60476be94d2d8
 /etc/host.conf 89408008f2585c957c031716600d5a80
 /etc/issue 27efa0e2fe4f9b972d0b09cd75818f98
 /etc/issue.net 29f9e61bc86a4594020e6383ce9699ed
 /etc/lsb-release 362f07a83dc8ae4ae26a4b860b3ef651
 /etc/update-motd.d/00-header 4a1e6eed7a59f200b4267085721750a3
 /etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text 5064fb57493325202dded183ab0c4ebd
 /etc/update-motd.d/99-footer b0541f3c2e55c44149cd92bcc599c94c
Description: Debian base system miscellaneous files
...

But with different md5sums.

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Title:
  conffile prompt during natty -> oneiric upgrade

Status in “base-files” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  During a natty -> oneiric upgrade I see the following conffile prompt:

  Setting up base-files (6.4ubuntu3) ...
  Installing new version of config file /etc/debian_version ...
  Installing new version of config file /etc/issue ...
  Installing new version of config file /etc/issue.net ...
  Installing new version of config file /etc/lsb-release ...

  Configuration file `/etc/update-motd.d/00-header'
   ==> 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.
  *** 00-header (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? d
  --- /etc/update-motd.d/00-header	2010-10-21 13:12:20.000000000 +0000
  +++ /etc/update-motd.d/00-header.dpkg-new	2011-07-14 22:13:56.000000000 +0
  000
  @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   
   [ -r /etc/lsb-release ] && . /etc/lsb-release
   
  -if [ -z "$DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION" ]; then
  +if [ -z "$DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION" ] && [ -x /usr/bin/lsb_release ]; then
   	# Fall back to using the very slow lsb_release utility
   	DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=$(lsb_release -s -d)
   fi

  
  onfiguration file `/etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text'
   ==> 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.
  *** 10-help-text (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? d
  --- /etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text	2010-10-21 13:12:00.000000000 +0000
  +++ /etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text.dpkg-new	2011-07-14 22:13:56.000000000 +0
  000
  @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   #    10-help-text - print the help text associated with the distro
   #    Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Canonical Ltd.
   #
  -#    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland at canonical.com>
  +#    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland at canonical.com>,
  +#             Brian Murray <brian at canonical.com>
   #
   #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  @@ -19,9 +20,16 @@
   #    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
   #    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
   
  +[ -r /etc/lsb-release ] && . /etc/lsb-release
  +
  +if [ -z "$DISTRIB_RELEASE" ] && [ -x /usr/bin/lsb_release ]; then
  +	# Fall back to using the very slow lsb_release utility
  +	DISTRIB_RELEASE=$(lsb_release -sr)
  +fi
  +
   URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
   if uname -r | grep -qs "\-server"; then
  -	URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/server/doc"
  +	URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/$DISTRIB_RELEASE/serverguide/C"
   fi
   
   printf "\n * Documentation:  %s\n" "$URL"

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