[Bug 1058301] [NEW] error is displayed if no changes are good to commit on post-install

[C de-Avillez]

Public bug reported:

ran an dist-upgrade, got the following at the end:

ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
bzr: warning: skipping /etc/X11/core (larger than add.maximum_file_size of 20000000 bytes)
Committing to: /etc/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
bzr: ERROR: No changes to commit. Please 'bzr add' the files you want to commit, or use --unchanged to force an empty commit.
E: Problem executing scripts DPkg::Post-Invoke 'if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi'
E: Sub-process returned an error code

a 'sudo bzr status' on /etc shows:

[cerdea-aws]cerdea at xango3:/etc/etckeeper/post-install.d$ sudo bzr status
[sudo] password for cerdea: 
unknown:
  X11/core

>From previous experience, if I remove /etc/X11/core, there is no error.
So it seems the coredump written by X mucks with etckeeper processing.
Still, etckeeper should survive it (mostly because the coredump is being
written to /etc/X11 by X itself).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: etckeeper 0.61ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.24-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.5.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: c8a7d84e13c3b258e707f056604eb0e0
CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308
Date: Fri Sep 28 14:32:23 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120701)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: etckeeper
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: etckeeper (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal running-unity

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