I updated motion for this bug. Attached is the debdiff. When this is applied, motion will by default daemonize. That way an upgrade won't be halted anymore.
Changelog: motion (3.2.9-1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low * motion now starts in daemon mode (LP: #198292) * creation of PID file now successful (LP: #198292) * bump to compat version 6 * Set Maintainer to Ubuntu Core Developers and move original Maintainer to XSBC-Original-Maintainer ** Attachment added: "debdiff for motion 3.2.9-1ubuntu1" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15144959/motion.debdiff -- Hardy upgrade - motion halts upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/198292 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs