** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #594813 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594813
** Also affects: apt (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594813 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Description changed: [Impact] There is no way for scripts to run apt update and be sure that it was entirely successful. - We introduce a new flag, --error-mode=any that makes apt update also - error out on transient errors. + We introduce a new flag, --error-on=any that makes apt update also error + out on transient errors. [Test plan] We have included a test in the test-suite in test-apt-update-failure-propagation that ensures that warnings become errors. [Where problems could occur] If there's an issue some warnings for transient errors could become errors, or worse I suppose it's possible but unlikely for errors to be reported as warnings... Since the new behavior is behind a flag, regression potential for existing scripts is low if there is no bug. [Original bug report] When running 'apt-get update' (e.g. on a container install post-install script), apt-get return with exit code 0, even so it wasn't able to "update" properly. E.g.: + apt-get update Err:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'de.archive.ubuntu.com' Err:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com' Err:3 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'de.archive.ubuntu.com' Reading package lists... Done W: Failed to fetch http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'de.archive.ubuntu.com' W: Failed to fetch http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial-updates/InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'de.archive.ubuntu.com' W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial-security/InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com' W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. It should be corrected to return useful exit code, so that scripts can take the appropriate actions ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1693900 Title: apt-get update should return exit code != 0 on error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1693900/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
