The last command in "/etc/etckeeper/post-install.d/50vcs-commit" does:

etckeeper commit "$(printf "$message")"

and $message is a very large string, larger than the shell permits.
Either the commit message is shortened or etckeeper is modified to use
an option to specify a log file.

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etckeeper hook breaks 9.10→10.04 upgrade with "Argument list too long"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574244
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