Ubuntu
update-manager package

crashes if no ipstables is installed and upgraded over ssh

Bug #877514 reported by Michael Vogt
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update-manager (Ubuntu)
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Oneiric
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Bug Description

If there is no iptables installed and the system is upgraded via ssh it crashes.

To reproduce:
1. install openssh-server and remove iptables
2. log into localhost
3. run do-release-upgrade
4. verify the crash
5. run do-release-upgrade --proposed
6. verify that it works

Related branches

lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/update-manager/oneiric (Merged)
Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → In Progress
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Michael, or anyone else affected,

Accepted update-manager into oneiric-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

SRU verification for Oneiric:
I have reproduced the problem with update-manager 1:0.152.25 in oneiric and have verified that the version of update-manager 1:0.152.25.4 in -proposed fixes the issue.

Marking as verification-done

tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:0.152.25.4

---------------
update-manager (1:0.152.25.4) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * DistUpgrade/removal_blacklist.cfg:
    - ensure that postgresql does not get removed (LP: #871893)

update-manager (1:0.152.25.3) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py:
    - fix crash when packages needs downgrading
  * UpdateManager/Core/utils.py:
    - do not crash if iptables does not exist, thanks to Daniel
      Holbach for reporting the issue (LP: #877514)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeQuirks.py:
    - keep poking the screensaver to ensure that it really won't
      activate during the upgrade (thanks to Jonathan Davies for
      the report)
  * tests/test_sources_list.py:
    - fix test (archive.ubuntu.com no longer listens to ftp)
  * po/*:
    - refresh again to fix regression (LP: #877461)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:52:08 +0200

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Dmitry Shachnev (mitya57) wrote :

Fixed in 1:0.154.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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