Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: update-manager
Hello,
I was struggling with an unreliable Internet connection for some time,
and it would drop out semi-frequently (new DSL line, connected via
router, not direct to my PC). This is not ideal, but the consequesnses
were a surprise.
My expectation (please correct me if I am wrong) was that update manager
would attempt to download all the packages required, and on failure
exit. At this point, I could restart update manager and continue
downloading pretty much were it left off, as the previously completed
packages would be found in the cache and skipped. I didn't worry about
corruption of packages as they're signed, and wouldn't get past dpkg.
What happened is a bit unclear, as my system is not bootable. I can
mount the disk for forensic purposes though. It appears that all of the
packages were marked as obsolete, and uninstalled. Essentially "sudo ls
-Rf /" via dpkg. The system is not bootable, the root partition is
essentially ruined.
This was an update of 8.04 LTS (up to date at start of this process), to
the (not LTS) 8.10 version. I'm happy to help find out how this happened
so other uses don't have to suffer. If some way to rescue the machine
cold be found, then that would be great, too.
Thanks for all your hard work,
Richard
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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unreliable network connection can cause update-manager to delete whole system
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335154
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