dpkg-preconfigure: unable to re-open stdin:

[dinomoss]

Description

I have added env DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive but still have the same issue on multiple places.

• task: PowerShell@2
  name: buildVm
  displayName: 'Build VM'
  inputs:
  targetType: filePath
  filePath: ./scripts/build-image.ps1
  arguments: -ResourcesNamePrefix $(setVars.ResourcesNamePrefix) -ClientId $(CLIENT_ID)
  -ClientSecret $(CLIENT_SECRET) -TemplatePath $(TemplatePath)
  -ResourceGroup $(AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP) -StorageAccount $(AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT)
  -SubscriptionId $(AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION) -TenantId $(AZURE_TENANT)
  -Location $(AZURE_LOCATION) `
  -GitHubFeedToken $(GITHUB_TOKEN)
  env:
  PACKER_LOG: 1
  PACKER_LOG_PATH: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/packer-log.txt
  DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive

  azure-arm: The following NEW packages will be installed:
  azure-arm: powershell
  azure-arm: 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  azure-arm: Need to get 69.7 MB of archives.
  azure-arm: After this operation, 193 MB of additional disk space will be used.
  azure-arm: Get:1 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/20.04/prod focal/main amd64 powershell amd64 7.2.1-1.deb [69.7 MB]
  azure-arm: Fetched 69.7 MB in 2s (40.7 MB/s)
  azure-arm: Selecting previously unselected package powershell.
  azure-arm: (Reading database ... 59975 files and directories currently installed.)
  azure-arm: Preparing to unpack .../powershell_7.2.1-1.deb_amd64.deb ...
  azure-arm: Unpacking powershell (7.2.1-1.deb) ...
  azure-arm: Setting up powershell (7.2.1-1.deb) ...
  azure-arm: Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
  ==> azure-arm: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
  ==> azure-arm: debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.)
  ==> azure-arm: debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
  ==> azure-arm: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
  ==> azure-arm: debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
  ==> azure-arm: debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype
  ==> azure-arm: dpkg-preconfigure: unable to re-open stdin:

Virtual environments affected

• Ubuntu 18.04
• Ubuntu 20.04
• macOS 10.15
• macOS 11
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

Image version and build link

azure-arm: After this operation, 26.1 MB of additional disk space will be used.
azure-arm: Get:1 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/20.04/prod focal/main amd64 moby-compose amd64 2.2.3+azure-1 [6318 kB]
azure-arm: Fetched 6318 kB in 0s (32.8 MB/s)
azure-arm: Selecting previously unselected package moby-compose.
azure-arm: (Reading database ... 60916 files and directories currently installed.)
azure-arm: Preparing to unpack .../moby-compose_2.2.3+azure-1_amd64.deb ...
azure-arm: Unpacking moby-compose (2.2.3+azure-1) ...
azure-arm: Setting up moby-compose (2.2.3+azure-1) ...

==> azure-arm: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
==> azure-arm: debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.)
==> azure-arm: debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
==> azure-arm: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
==> azure-arm: debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
==> azure-arm: debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype
==> azure-arm: dpkg-preconfigure: unable to re-open stdin:
azure-arm: Client:
azure-arm: Context: default
azure-arm: Debug Mode: false
azure-arm: Plugins:
azure-arm: buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc., 0.7.1+azure-2)
azure-arm: compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc., 2.2.3+azure-1)
azure-arm:

Is it regression?

No response

Expected behavior

No response

Actual behavior

No response

Repro steps

This is my pipeline:

jobs:

• job: imagegeneration
  displayName: Image Generation (${{ parameters.image_type }})
  timeoutInMinutes: 600
  cancelTimeoutInMinutes: 30
  pool:
  name: ${{ parameters.agent_pool }}

  steps:

  • script: |
    git clone -b ubuntu20/20220131.1 https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments.git
    displayName: 'Clone the GitHub repository'

  • task: PowerShell@2
    name: setVars
    displayName: 'Set image template variables'
    inputs:
    targetType: 'inline'
    script: |
    $ResourcesNamePrefix = "$(Build.BuildId)"
    $ImageType = "${{ parameters.image_type }}"
    $TemplateDirectoryName = if ($ImageType.StartsWith("ubuntu")) { "linux" } else { "win" }
    $OsType = if ($ImageType.StartsWith("ubuntu")) { "Linux" } else { "Windows" }
    $TemplateDirectoryPath = Join-Path (Join-Path "virtual-environments" "images") $TemplateDirectoryName | Resolve-Path
    $TemplatePath = Join-Path $TemplateDirectoryPath "$ImageType.json"
    $ImageReadmeNameConcat = "${{ parameters.image_type }}-Readme.md"
    $ImageReadmeName = $ImageReadmeNameConcat.Substring(0,1).ToUpper()+$ImageReadmeNameConcat.Substring(1)
    Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=TemplateDirectoryPath;]$TemplateDirectoryPath"
    Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=TemplatePath;]$TemplatePath"
    Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=OsType;isOutput=true;]$OsType"
    Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=ImageType;isOutput=true;]$ImageType"
    Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=ResourcesNamePrefix;isOutput=true;]$ResourcesNamePrefix"
    Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=ImageReadmeName;isOutput=true;]$ImageReadmeName"

  • task: PowerShell@2
    name: buildVm
    displayName: 'Build VM'
    inputs:
    targetType: filePath
    filePath: ./scripts/build-image.ps1
    arguments: -ResourcesNamePrefix $(setVars.ResourcesNamePrefix) -ClientId $(CLIENT_ID)
    -ClientSecret $(CLIENT_SECRET) -TemplatePath $(TemplatePath)
    -ResourceGroup $(AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP) -StorageAccount $(AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT)
    -SubscriptionId $(AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION) -TenantId $(AZURE_TENANT)
    -Location $(AZURE_LOCATION) `
    -GitHubFeedToken $(GITHUB_TOKEN)
    env:
    PACKER_LOG: 1
    PACKER_LOG_PATH: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/packer-log.txt
    DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive

[al-cheb]

It's not an issue, as you can see, we have the same lines in the log and build was successful - https://github.visualstudio.com/virtual-environments/_build/results?buildId=122721&view=logs&j=011e1ec8-6569-5e69-4f06-baf193d1351e&t=5431112d-2b61-5a5f-7042-ef698f761043

==> azure-arm: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
==> azure-arm: debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.)
==> azure-arm: debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
==> azure-arm: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
==> azure-arm: debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
==> azure-arm: debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype
==> azure-arm: dpkg-preconfigure: unable to re-open stdin: 

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