[Bug 666328] [NEW] [dapper] kernel upgrade doesn't respect non-interactivity settings

[Andreas Hasenack]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: linux-image

Got a stuck dpkg process that was launched from smartpm with all the
non-interactivity settings I know about:

(http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/519719/ for a non-wrapped output)

root     10821  0.0  1.6   9884  8708 ?        SN   Oct20   0:00          \_ dpkg --force-confold --unpack /var/lib/smart/packages/linux-image-2.6.15-55-server_2.6.15-55.89_i386.deb SHELL=/bin/sh SHLVL=7 PWD
=/ LOGNAME=root USER=root HOME=/root PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin _=/sbin/start-stop-daemon DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive APT_LISTCHANGES_FRONTEND=none
root     10828  0.0  0.3   3564  1576 ?        SN   Oct20   0:00              \_ /usr/bin/perl /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst upgrade 2.6.15-55.88 SHELL=/bin/sh SHLVL=7 PWD=/ LOGNAME=root USER=root HOME=/root 
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin _=/sbin/start-stop-daemon DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive APT_LISTCHANGES_FRONTEND=none

Note the values of:
- DEBIAN_FRONTEND
- --force-confold
- APT_LISTCHANGES_FRONTEND

Even so, the process is stuck since October 20th waiting for input on fd
0:

root at ls2-dapper:~ # strace -f -p 10828
Process 10828 attached - interrupt to quit
read(0, 

I did this to "unstuck" it:
# echo ^M > /proc/10828/fd/0

** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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[dapper] kernel upgrade doesn't respect non-interactivity settings
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666328
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