grr: UpdateClient flow doesn't work on Ubuntu

Running UpdateClient from Ubuntu fails as the service restarts in the middle of the dpkg -i, killing all child processes leaving the service stopped and non-functional.

Jul 02 13:14:56 ubuntu grrd[13119]: (Reading database ... 141574 files and directories currently installed.)
Jul 02 13:14:56 ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopping grr linux amd64...
Jul 02 13:14:56 ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped grr linux amd64.

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  • State: closed
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Comments: 18

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@atkinsj, my understanding is that the client update mechanism hasn’t worked in a long time and it’s not clear when it stopped functioning, since it’s not tested.

We’re looking at prioritising this issue in Q4 and reimplementing/fixing the client update mechanism with adequate testing. If everything goes fine, this will be fixed in December GRR release.