The mongo-stable package is updated so frequently. I try to catch up as the following

sudo apt-get upgrade

The mongod supposed to start after I update the mongo-stable. However, I cannot connect it with mongo, the shell.

I have to start it manually, which totally sucks. After that it can work.

I advise that you should build a smoke test to verify if the package is good. It's easy to do that, install the package on the target machine, and then run mongo to check if it can connect the server correctly. At least the package should pass this verification, and then it can be deliveried.

This bug lasts from 1.6.0. And moreover it's really annoying.