[Bug 2092616] [NEW] during upgrade, attempting to modify the package maintainer's version via a shell leads to aborting the upgrade

[John Ruiz]

Public bug reported:

using `do-upgrade-release` to upgrade from 22.04 LTS to 24.04 LTS, I was
informed that /etc/sysctl.conf was modified by me since its
installation. I viewed the differences and decided that I wanted to edit
the maintainer's version and then accept it. I chose to start a shell
and ran `vim $DPKG_CONFFILE_NEW` and made my edit and then pressed
CTRL-C to exit insert mode in vim. That is when the process aborted and
then hung.

See the attached image.

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

** Attachment added: "Screenshot 2024-12-28 at 6.04.27 AM.png"
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Title:
  during upgrade, attempting to modify the package maintainer's version
  via a shell leads to aborting the upgrade

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

Bug description:
  using `do-upgrade-release` to upgrade from 22.04 LTS to 24.04 LTS, I
  was informed that /etc/sysctl.conf was modified by me since its
  installation. I viewed the differences and decided that I wanted to
  edit the maintainer's version and then accept it. I chose to start a
  shell and ran `vim $DPKG_CONFFILE_NEW` and made my edit and then
  pressed CTRL-C to exit insert mode in vim. That is when the process
  aborted and then hung.

  See the attached image.

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