How can I get `apt-get update` to reflect error status in its exit code?
When running sudo apt-get update -q, sometimes I see things like
Err:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/redis-server/ubuntu precise/main i386 Packages
Could not connect to ppa.launchpad.net:80 (91.189.95.83), connection timed out
Err:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/redis-server/ubuntu precise/main Translation-en
Unable to connect to ppa.launchpad.net:http:
or like
W: http://us-central1.gce.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/InRelease: Signature by key 630239CC130E1A7FD81A27B140976EAF437D05B5 uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1)
But echo $? tells me that apt-get update -q succeeded. How can I get the error/warning status to be fatal, and make apt-get update fail with a non-zero exit code?
apt updates error-handling aptitude
asked Jan 16 '18 at 16:41
Jason Gross
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When running sudo apt-get update -q, sometimes I see things like
Err:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/redis-server/ubuntu precise/main i386 Packages
Could not connect to ppa.launchpad.net:80 (91.189.95.83), connection timed out
Err:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/redis-server/ubuntu precise/main Translation-en
Unable to connect to ppa.launchpad.net:http:
or like
W: http://us-central1.gce.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/InRelease: Signature by key 630239CC130E1A7FD81A27B140976EAF437D05B5 uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1)
But echo $? tells me that apt-get update -q succeeded. How can I get the error/warning status to be fatal, and make apt-get update fail with a non-zero exit code?
apt updates error-handling aptitude
asked Jan 16 '18 at 16:41
Jason Gross
1034
1
Hmmmm, if I run it with an error myecho $?returns100. Without errors it returns0.
– Terrance
Jan 16 '18 at 16:54
Hmmm, maybe I was misreading the travis logs I was looking at... What about when there are warnings?
– Jason Gross
Jan 16 '18 at 21:40
1
Look at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/175146/… in the answer there is a little script that could detect both W: and E:. But when I did theapt update -qwith just warnings, I got0on theecho $?. But the script passed and got both errors and warnings.
– Terrance
Jan 16 '18 at 22:18
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When running sudo apt-get update -q, sometimes I see things like
Err:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/redis-server/ubuntu precise/main i386 Packages
Could not connect to ppa.launchpad.net:80 (91.189.95.83), connection timed out
Err:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/redis-server/ubuntu precise/main Translation-en
Unable to connect to ppa.launchpad.net:http:
or like
W: http://us-central1.gce.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/InRelease: Signature by key 630239CC130E1A7FD81A27B140976EAF437D05B5 uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1)
But echo $? tells me that apt-get update -q succeeded. How can I get the error/warning status to be fatal, and make apt-get update fail with a non-zero exit code?
apt updates error-handling aptitude
asked Jan 16 '18 at 16:41
Jason Gross
1034
When running sudo apt-get update -q, sometimes I see things like
Err:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/redis-server/ubuntu precise/main i386 Packages
Could not connect to ppa.launchpad.net:80 (91.189.95.83), connection timed out
Err:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/redis-server/ubuntu precise/main Translation-en
Unable to connect to ppa.launchpad.net:http:
or like
W: http://us-central1.gce.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/InRelease: Signature by key 630239CC130E1A7FD81A27B140976EAF437D05B5 uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1)
But echo $? tells me that apt-get update -q succeeded. How can I get the error/warning status to be fatal, and make apt-get update fail with a non-zero exit code?
apt updates error-handling aptitude
apt updates error-handling aptitude
asked Jan 16 '18 at 16:41
Jason Gross
1034
asked Jan 16 '18 at 16:41
Jason Gross
1034
asked Jan 16 '18 at 16:41
Jason Gross
1034
asked Jan 16 '18 at 16:41
Jason Gross
1034
asked Jan 16 '18 at 16:41
Jason Gross
1034
1034
1
Hmmmm, if I run it with an error myecho $?returns100. Without errors it returns0.
– Terrance
Jan 16 '18 at 16:54
Hmmm, maybe I was misreading the travis logs I was looking at... What about when there are warnings?
– Jason Gross
Jan 16 '18 at 21:40
1
Look at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/175146/… in the answer there is a little script that could detect both W: and E:. But when I did theapt update -qwith just warnings, I got0on theecho $?. But the script passed and got both errors and warnings.
– Terrance
Jan 16 '18 at 22:18
add a comment |
1
Hmmmm, if I run it with an error myecho $?returns100. Without errors it returns0.
– Terrance
Jan 16 '18 at 16:54
Hmmm, maybe I was misreading the travis logs I was looking at... What about when there are warnings?
– Jason Gross
Jan 16 '18 at 21:40
1
Look at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/175146/… in the answer there is a little script that could detect both W: and E:. But when I did theapt update -qwith just warnings, I got0on theecho $?. But the script passed and got both errors and warnings.
– Terrance
Jan 16 '18 at 22:18
1
1
Hmmmm, if I run it with an error my
echo $? returns 100. Without errors it returns 0.– Terrance
Jan 16 '18 at 16:54
Hmmmm, if I run it with an error my
echo $? returns 100. Without errors it returns 0.– Terrance
Jan 16 '18 at 16:54
Hmmm, maybe I was misreading the travis logs I was looking at... What about when there are warnings?
– Jason Gross
Jan 16 '18 at 21:40
Hmmm, maybe I was misreading the travis logs I was looking at... What about when there are warnings?
– Jason Gross
Jan 16 '18 at 21:40
1
1
Look at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/175146/… in the answer there is a little script that could detect both W: and E:. But when I did the
apt update -q with just warnings, I got 0 on the echo $?. But the script passed and got both errors and warnings.– Terrance
Jan 16 '18 at 22:18
Look at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/175146/… in the answer there is a little script that could detect both W: and E:. But when I did the
apt update -q with just warnings, I got 0 on the echo $?. But the script passed and got both errors and warnings.– Terrance
Jan 16 '18 at 22:18
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You could create a bash script that check the command output :
if { apt-get update 2>&1 || echo E: update failed; } > result.txt; cat result.txt | grep -q '^[(W)|(E]:'; then
echo error
else (
if cat result.txt | grep -q '^[(Get)]:'; then
echo repaired
else
echo success
fi
)
fi
Here, we check if a line start with E (Err: or E:, etc..) for errors or with W for warnings. Both return the status code error.
If there is no error and there is a Get:, it means that we update our repos. It returns the status code repaired.
And finally, if we havent encountered any of those, the script was a success.
answered Apr 24 '18 at 14:31
Quentin Pétel
112
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As mentioned by @Terrance, this question is very close to that other question apt-get update exit status (in Unix & Linux StackExchange).
FYI I've just posted there another solution that can also be combined with the travis_retry Travis CI command (which might be the intended use case of the OP):
exec {fd}>&2 # copy stderr to some unused fd
travis_retry bash -o pipefail -c "sudo apt-get update -y -q 2>&1 | tee /dev/fd/$fd | ( ! grep -q -e '^Err:' -e '^E:' )"
exec {fd}>&- # close file descriptor
answered Aug 13 '18 at 12:53
ErikMD
1113
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You could create a bash script that check the command output :
if { apt-get update 2>&1 || echo E: update failed; } > result.txt; cat result.txt | grep -q '^[(W)|(E]:'; then
echo error
else (
if cat result.txt | grep -q '^[(Get)]:'; then
echo repaired
else
echo success
fi
)
fi
Here, we check if a line start with E (Err: or E:, etc..) for errors or with W for warnings. Both return the status code error.
If there is no error and there is a Get:, it means that we update our repos. It returns the status code repaired.
And finally, if we havent encountered any of those, the script was a success.
answered Apr 24 '18 at 14:31
Quentin Pétel
112
add a comment |
You could create a bash script that check the command output :
if { apt-get update 2>&1 || echo E: update failed; } > result.txt; cat result.txt | grep -q '^[(W)|(E]:'; then
echo error
else (
if cat result.txt | grep -q '^[(Get)]:'; then
echo repaired
else
echo success
fi
)
fi
Here, we check if a line start with E (Err: or E:, etc..) for errors or with W for warnings. Both return the status code error.
If there is no error and there is a Get:, it means that we update our repos. It returns the status code repaired.
And finally, if we havent encountered any of those, the script was a success.
answered Apr 24 '18 at 14:31
Quentin Pétel
112
add a comment |
You could create a bash script that check the command output :
if { apt-get update 2>&1 || echo E: update failed; } > result.txt; cat result.txt | grep -q '^[(W)|(E]:'; then
echo error
else (
if cat result.txt | grep -q '^[(Get)]:'; then
echo repaired
else
echo success
fi
)
fi
Here, we check if a line start with E (Err: or E:, etc..) for errors or with W for warnings. Both return the status code error.
If there is no error and there is a Get:, it means that we update our repos. It returns the status code repaired.
And finally, if we havent encountered any of those, the script was a success.
answered Apr 24 '18 at 14:31
Quentin Pétel
112
You could create a bash script that check the command output :
if { apt-get update 2>&1 || echo E: update failed; } > result.txt; cat result.txt | grep -q '^[(W)|(E]:'; then
echo error
else (
if cat result.txt | grep -q '^[(Get)]:'; then
echo repaired
else
echo success
fi
)
fi
Here, we check if a line start with E (Err: or E:, etc..) for errors or with W for warnings. Both return the status code error.
If there is no error and there is a Get:, it means that we update our repos. It returns the status code repaired.
And finally, if we havent encountered any of those, the script was a success.
answered Apr 24 '18 at 14:31
Quentin Pétel
112
answered Apr 24 '18 at 14:31
Quentin Pétel
112
answered Apr 24 '18 at 14:31
Quentin Pétel
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answered Apr 24 '18 at 14:31
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As mentioned by @Terrance, this question is very close to that other question apt-get update exit status (in Unix & Linux StackExchange).
FYI I've just posted there another solution that can also be combined with the travis_retry Travis CI command (which might be the intended use case of the OP):
exec {fd}>&2 # copy stderr to some unused fd
travis_retry bash -o pipefail -c "sudo apt-get update -y -q 2>&1 | tee /dev/fd/$fd | ( ! grep -q -e '^Err:' -e '^E:' )"
exec {fd}>&- # close file descriptor
answered Aug 13 '18 at 12:53
ErikMD
1113
add a comment |
As mentioned by @Terrance, this question is very close to that other question apt-get update exit status (in Unix & Linux StackExchange).
FYI I've just posted there another solution that can also be combined with the travis_retry Travis CI command (which might be the intended use case of the OP):
exec {fd}>&2 # copy stderr to some unused fd
travis_retry bash -o pipefail -c "sudo apt-get update -y -q 2>&1 | tee /dev/fd/$fd | ( ! grep -q -e '^Err:' -e '^E:' )"
exec {fd}>&- # close file descriptor
answered Aug 13 '18 at 12:53
ErikMD
1113
add a comment |
As mentioned by @Terrance, this question is very close to that other question apt-get update exit status (in Unix & Linux StackExchange).
FYI I've just posted there another solution that can also be combined with the travis_retry Travis CI command (which might be the intended use case of the OP):
exec {fd}>&2 # copy stderr to some unused fd
travis_retry bash -o pipefail -c "sudo apt-get update -y -q 2>&1 | tee /dev/fd/$fd | ( ! grep -q -e '^Err:' -e '^E:' )"
exec {fd}>&- # close file descriptor
answered Aug 13 '18 at 12:53
ErikMD
1113
As mentioned by @Terrance, this question is very close to that other question apt-get update exit status (in Unix & Linux StackExchange).
FYI I've just posted there another solution that can also be combined with the travis_retry Travis CI command (which might be the intended use case of the OP):
exec {fd}>&2 # copy stderr to some unused fd
travis_retry bash -o pipefail -c "sudo apt-get update -y -q 2>&1 | tee /dev/fd/$fd | ( ! grep -q -e '^Err:' -e '^E:' )"
exec {fd}>&- # close file descriptor
answered Aug 13 '18 at 12:53
ErikMD
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answered Aug 13 '18 at 12:53
ErikMD
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answered Aug 13 '18 at 12:53
ErikMD
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answered Aug 13 '18 at 12:53
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Hmmmm, if I run it with an error my
echo $?returns100. Without errors it returns0.– Terrance
Jan 16 '18 at 16:54
Hmmm, maybe I was misreading the travis logs I was looking at... What about when there are warnings?
– Jason Gross
Jan 16 '18 at 21:40
1
Look at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/175146/… in the answer there is a little script that could detect both W: and E:. But when I did the
apt update -qwith just warnings, I got0on theecho $?. But the script passed and got both errors and warnings.– Terrance
Jan 16 '18 at 22:18