[Bug 1297318] [NEW] do-release-upgrade needs a --force-yes option

[Jeff Lane]

Public bug reported:

I completely understand why, when I run do-release-upgrade, I have to
sit in front of a computer for hours waiting on the various prompts that
stop the upgrade process...  were I doing this on a production system,
I'd welcome those stopping points to make sure nothing hinky was going
on.

HOWEVER, I, and I'm sure a LOT of people do upgrade testing and so forth
during the dev cycle and would love to have a --force-yes option in do-
release-upgrade.

It is so very annoying to kick off the upgrade like this:  $ do-release-
upgrade -d

only to have it stop 4 or 5 or more times during the process... this
usually happens after I've walked off, and forgotten that I have to come
back and push buttons.

SO I'll kick off an upgrade, fully expecting it to be done by the time
I'm done with dinner or whatever, only to return to the computer and
learn that none of it is done becuase it is sitting at some prompt
waiting on my to hit the 'y' key.

When I'm doing this testing, I KNOW the dangers and willingly accept
them, so PLEASE give me the means to just set it and forget it so I can
stop wasting time thinking an upgrade is in progress when it is actually
not.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.205
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Tue Mar 25 10:07:01 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-18 (157 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade saucy

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Title:
  do-release-upgrade needs a --force-yes option

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I completely understand why, when I run do-release-upgrade, I have to
  sit in front of a computer for hours waiting on the various prompts
  that stop the upgrade process...  were I doing this on a production
  system, I'd welcome those stopping points to make sure nothing hinky
  was going on.

  HOWEVER, I, and I'm sure a LOT of people do upgrade testing and so
  forth during the dev cycle and would love to have a --force-yes option
  in do-release-upgrade.

  It is so very annoying to kick off the upgrade like this:  $ do-
  release-upgrade -d

  only to have it stop 4 or 5 or more times during the process... this
  usually happens after I've walked off, and forgotten that I have to
  come back and push buttons.

  SO I'll kick off an upgrade, fully expecting it to be done by the time
  I'm done with dinner or whatever, only to return to the computer and
  learn that none of it is done becuase it is sitting at some prompt
  waiting on my to hit the 'y' key.

  When I'm doing this testing, I KNOW the dangers and willingly accept
  them, so PLEASE give me the means to just set it and forget it so I
  can stop wasting time thinking an upgrade is in progress when it is
  actually not.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.205
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Tue Mar 25 10:07:01 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-18 (157 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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