[Bug 1227420] [NEW] apt-xapian-index's postinst runs a background process which causes automation problems

[Clint Byrum]

Public bug reported:

The postinst starts the index update in the background using the '&'
shell operator. This seems sloppy to me, and it leaves things running
after apt-get has exitted which causes problems for automated systems.
Specifically this broke diskimage-builder
(https://git.openstack.org/cgit/diskimage-builder) in really awful ways
when apt-xapian-index was updated.

This is a violation of policy IMO, as the script should run invoke-rc.d.
The use of policy-rc.d directly seems improper.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: apt-xapian-index 0.45ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-30.44-generic 3.8.13.6
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep 18 17:02:22 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-14 (247 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64+mac (20121017.3)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-30 (141 days ago)

** Affects: apt-xapian-index (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug raring

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Title:
  apt-xapian-index's postinst runs a background process which causes
  automation problems

Status in “apt-xapian-index” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The postinst starts the index update in the background using the '&'
  shell operator. This seems sloppy to me, and it leaves things running
  after apt-get has exitted which causes problems for automated systems.
  Specifically this broke diskimage-builder
  (https://git.openstack.org/cgit/diskimage-builder) in really awful
  ways when apt-xapian-index was updated.

  This is a violation of policy IMO, as the script should run invoke-
  rc.d. The use of policy-rc.d directly seems improper.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: apt-xapian-index 0.45ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-30.44-generic 3.8.13.6
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-30-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Sep 18 17:02:22 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-14 (247 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64+mac (20121017.3)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-30 (141 days ago)

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