[Bug 1302218] Re: kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade crashes when terminal input is required

[Curaga]

I just hit this very same bug when upgrading Xubuntu 22.04 LTS to
24.04.1 LTS. The upgrade process halted, and the very small terminal
window was displaying a release note or error window, of which only the
red Ok button was visible.

The package the GUI mentioned was fwupd2 or libfwupd2, but the error
message may have been from the previous package.

I would suggest one of two ways to fix this:
- the upgrade process should tell dpkg/etc that it cannot show such windows
- it could detect that such a window was shown, and enlarge the terminal widget so the user can actually see what happened

** Tags added: jammy noble xubuntu

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Title:
  kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade crashes when terminal input is required

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

Bug description:
  When using Kubuntu 13.10, I attempted to upgrade to Kubuntu 14.04
  using `kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade` as recommended [1].

  The GUI progressed through "Preparing to upgrade", "Setting new software channels" and "Getting new packages", and then stalled on "Installing the upgrades". A window popped up saying:
  > Could not install the upgrades. The upgrade has aborted. Your system
  > could be in an unusable state. A recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).

  I clicked "OK" (or was it "close"?), and the GUI was stuck at 45%. I
  could no longer scroll the in-built terminal output, and the GUI
  window appeared to be stuck.

  Looking at the terminal from which I launched `kubuntu-devel-release-
  upgrade`, I could see

      Configuration file '/etc/apport/crashdb.conf'
       ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
       ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
         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.

  This launch-terminal didn't accept input. I had to kill the GUI
  process (from the launching terminal)

  I then ran `dpkg --configure -a`, which seemed to continue where I
  left off, presenting me again with the above query. I presume that
  this hang was due to the GUI "Distribution Upgrade" window being
  unable to accept text input.

  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TrustyUpgrades/Kubuntu

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-qt 1:0.219.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-20.42-generic 3.13.7
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-20-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Fri Apr  4 08:48:42 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-16 (473 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-02 (1 days ago)

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