Sounds like you'll need to `apt-mark hold grub` first, and handle updates to grub separately from the others. Also sounds like a bug in the grub package.
On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 8:03:00 AM UTC-5 Kathy L wrote: > That's what we started to look at, but the issue becomes during a general > package update, you don't always know if grub will need to be updated. I'm > not even sure how you'd tell this in an apt-get update. > > > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 7:46:45 AM UTC-5 Rowe, Walter P. (Fed) > wrote: > >> Is there a way to specify the install device on the command line / in the >> module so it doesn't prompt? >> >> Walter >> -- >> Walter Rowe, Division Chief >> Infrastructure Services, OISM >> Mobile: 202.355.4123 <(202)%20355-4123> >> >> On Feb 23, 2023, at 7:34 AM, Kathy L <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> We are updating packages via Ansible, and when grub needs to be run after >> the update, it fails on Debian 11. When I run the update command manually, >> grub displays a dialog box asking the user to select the grub install >> device (/dev/vda, /dev/vda2, /dev/vda3, etc.). >> >> We have our playbook running with an environment variable >> DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive. >> >> How do we fix this error in Ansible? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/4eed2847-8053-4381-854d-6d0cff5b8c6cn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fansible-project%2F4eed2847-8053-4381-854d-6d0cff5b8c6cn%2540googlegroups.com%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter&data=05%7C01%7Cwalter.rowe%40nist.gov%7C7c94cb6c68a140a0e4db08db159a47d9%7C2ab5d82fd8fa4797a93e054655c61dec%7C1%7C0%7C638127525495109790%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jis5XJwIqbyHRX32Evw0i%2F2f0RsqTdapJmfBsASM3PI%3D&reserved=0> >> . >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/42fea4e1-8983-4f90-878e-50d16c4e1598n%40googlegroups.com.
